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From: "Barry Silverberg and family" <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [etni] Fw: Very funny but not very fun?
Well, you can't say ' it was great big,' can you?
A student of mine stumped me with a question. Why is 'It was very fun' incorrect and 'It was great fun' correct? He pointed out to me that 'It was very big', using 'very' to strengthen to the adjective is fine. To make life more confusing if I use 'great' as an adjective, as in 'Nineveh was a very great city' I have no problems. Just try reversing the order. Is this just usage?
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