Tedwonny
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We are taught that adjectives in English can be classified into gradable (e.g quite hot, very hot, ...) and non-gradable, the latter of which can only be preceded by certain intensifiers such as 'absolutely' but not others like 'very, quite'.
E.g. Very beautiful - correct, hence beautiful is gradable
E.g. very gorgeous - wrong, hence gorgeous is nongradable
However, I can't determine the class 'satisfied' belongs to since absolutely satisfied and very satisfied seem to be correct and used by many. What do you think ?
E.g. Very beautiful - correct, hence beautiful is gradable
E.g. very gorgeous - wrong, hence gorgeous is nongradable
However, I can't determine the class 'satisfied' belongs to since absolutely satisfied and very satisfied seem to be correct and used by many. What do you think ?