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Thank you We sneak Overusing very a la shmoop Jimmy

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was a very short tube of layers in a very

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big marching band of very tall kids so it was

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very difficult for jimmy to be seen by his very

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excitable parents during the halftime show Yes five varies in

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one sentence personal best However just because we littered that

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sense what the word very doesn't mean we should bust

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very out very often instead of writing Genie is very

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scared of porta potties Way could right Jeannie is terrified

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of porta potties instead of writing Stacy was very excited

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when she got a c in chemistry we could write

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Stacy was thrilled when she got a c in chemistry

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and we're not optimistic on stacey gone to med school

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there instead of writing matt became very sick After eating

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bad yogurt We could write matt became ill after eating

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man yogurt Not only can we do better than very

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when it comes to adjectives but we shouldn't use vary

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to talk about absolute For example that road that's dead

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on the bathroom floor is just dead Not very did

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just that That macaroni art our kid brother brought home

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from preschool is unique not very unique just unique There's

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no very unique doesn't exist Now Don't take any of

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this to mean that the word very should be banned

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from writing altogether It does deserve an important purpose when

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used very sparingly Also when we do decide to use

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very remember that it's spelt the e r y not

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a b a r y very within a is a

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verb that means to defer or change Our teachers will

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be very disappointed if we get the two mixed up 00:02:02.58 --> [endTime] So get it right Barely

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