Very unique? Was it totally destroyed, absolutely individual, a third alternative, and halfway pregnant, too?
:)
Just joshin' ya, sorry, I hate it when people criticize my grammar. But maybe you'll appreciate this, being a non-native speaker as you are. The adjective "unique" means, most accurately, that there are no other items similar. Absolutely none. Therefore, it is impossible for something to be partially unique, or for one thing to be more unique than another. There is no comparative or superlative to uniqueness. Like pregnancy, it either IS or ISN'T. Consequently, the expression "very unique" (as "more unique" or "most unique" or "sort of unique" or "totally unique") is technically an oxymoron.
Don't feel too bad, though. Many many native speakers use the expression regularly. It would be considered a weak, but perfectly normal, usage. Kind of like "for all intensive purposes" (properly: for all intents and purposes) or "by enlarge" (properly: by and large).
Better example: "very unique" is like "centers around." If something "centers" then it can't be "around." Properly, we should say "centers on." But we generally don't ...
Well done, Final, you literally put Eolake back at his place. Meaning, you went to his house, grabbed him by the arms, decidedly lifted him, and firmly placed him in his own chair, because he was carelessly sitting in YOURS. "And stay there!" And, to be even more literal, in his house you were careful that his back was well set against his rightful chair, "putting Eolake's back IN his place, AT his place".
P.S.: If this guy rocks, he should sit in a more steady chair, no? I so hate wobbly seats!
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He was amazing when I first saw him on Black Books.
Yes, Black Books was a wonderful comedy show. Very unique.
Very unique? Was it totally destroyed, absolutely individual, a third alternative, and halfway pregnant, too?
:)
Just joshin' ya, sorry, I hate it when people criticize my grammar. But maybe you'll appreciate this, being a non-native speaker as you are. The adjective "unique" means, most accurately, that there are no other items similar. Absolutely none. Therefore, it is impossible for something to be partially unique, or for one thing to be more unique than another. There is no comparative or superlative to uniqueness. Like pregnancy, it either IS or ISN'T. Consequently, the expression "very unique" (as "more unique" or "most unique" or "sort of unique" or "totally unique") is technically an oxymoron.
Don't feel too bad, though. Many many native speakers use the expression regularly. It would be considered a weak, but perfectly normal, usage. Kind of like "for all intensive purposes" (properly: for all intents and purposes) or "by enlarge" (properly: by and large).
Better example: "very unique" is like "centers around." If something "centers" then it can't be "around." Properly, we should say "centers on." But we generally don't ...
Or another one: "I could care less".
Isn't the phrase "I couldn't care less"? ;-P
Just my point. :)
Another one: "you've got another thing coming." (Should be "think".)
Well done, Final, you literally put Eolake back at his place.
Meaning, you went to his house, grabbed him by the arms, decidedly lifted him, and firmly placed him in his own chair, because he was carelessly sitting in YOURS. "And stay there!"
And, to be even more literal, in his house you were careful that his back was well set against his rightful chair, "putting Eolake's back IN his place, AT his place".
P.S.: If this guy rocks, he should sit in a more steady chair, no? I so hate wobbly seats!
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