http://wordsihate.org/archives/113/real-adverb/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:11:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://wordsihate.org/archives/113/real-adverb/#comment-747 weston Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:01:32 +0000 http://wordsihate.org/?p=113#comment-747 You are wrong, my friend. When real is used to mean "very" it is an adverb. That's the only time. It is not perfectly proper in writing to use real or really to mean very, but in our spoken language, this has been true for many years. I'm real sorry that you missed this. signed: 71 year old retired grammar teacher. You are wrong, my friend. When real is used to mean “very” it is an adverb. That’s the only time. It is not perfectly proper in writing to use real or really to mean very, but in our spoken language, this has been true for many years. I’m real sorry that you missed this.
signed: 71 year old retired grammar teacher.

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