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- 12-Sep-2011, 23:02 #1
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Thoroughly Hi everyone: I've just looked up the word "thoroughly" and there are mainly two definitions: "very much" and "completely." My question: if I say "I thoroughly agree", what does my listener understand? "I very much agree" or "I completely agree"??
- 12-Sep-2011, 23:07 #2
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Re: Thoroughly Completely. "Very much" in this case does not mean, like 75%.
Think "thorough" like complete.
- 13-Sep-2011, 02:51 #3
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Teacher Re: Thoroughly 'I thoroughly agree' sounds unnatural to me - I'd use 'completely' here.
- 13-Sep-2011, 03:40 #4
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: Thoroughly Mmmmmmmm... I'm trying to draw a conclusion... (if any!) Would you say that the change in meaning is a question of "collocation"?
- 13-Sep-2011, 07:35 #5
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Teacher Re: Thoroughly It's a question of context.
See the FrazeIt entry for examples of the word used in sentences.
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- 13-Sep-2011, 18:53 #6
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: Thoroughly Thank you for the link! Now it's much clearer.
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