An amusing mother-tongue epidemic is spreading: the adverb actually dominates the use of the language . Both the young and the old live with it without a necklace.
It sounds boring-boring in all spaces and at all times of the day. He talks endlessly in the press, shouts from the media. And this hackneyed buzzword, as well as a linguistic filler, proliferates amazingly in everyday speech.
Lazy speakers, language users who hesitate to find the exact words that fit into the text, language users who may not be able to do so, those who do not have synonyms (due to their sparse vocabulary) or those who cannot speak coherently and continuously, blurt out the truth . It serves both as a gray buzzword and a kind of linguistic crutch (to gain the seconds needed to continue speaking, to delay time). In today's everyday speech and writing, it rarely fits into the context in which it appears.
If the meaning of the text requires it, it should be replaced with a different, more precise, meaningful word or synonym that fits the context: "They came together on a disguised road, they actually got married." This is more accurate: officially . "We didn't have a game, we played football in the wrong way, even though really play football," said the coach self-critically. With the right expression : with all your heart and soul, with all your might, with all your might, giving it your all . "It is not the collapse of the euro, but the hopeless rescue attempt that actually European stability," claims the renowned jurist. Precisely: rather, better, to a greater extent, actually . "In short about my love life, which really doesn't exist." More precisely: essentially, actually, practically, meritoriously. really shows what makes this theater different." Synonym: in the end, in its entirety, completely, precisely, in detail . "At first glance, this is not really , it looks like a warm-up item" (media opinion about one of the jerseys of the 2018 FIFA World Cup). More precisely: it doesn't even look like a real jersey .
"That's how actually ." Let's say it this way: actually, really, actually . "What is autism really ?" Correct: exactly . "I read as much as I can at home, but it's actually not enough ." In a proper word: yes . "The graphics actually nice, but there's nothing surprising about it..." Better said: undoubtedly, indisputably, undeniably, really . "They don't really what is being built, but they protest." With an appropriate word: certainly, with complete certainty . "There's a bit of a purple sheen [to the nail polish], actually pretty, but it's very wintery for me." More precisely: without a doubt, indeed .
Often, word multiplication actually used. In the following cases, it can be omitted or even omitted, because the following sentences do not mean anything more or different with this word than without it, in these cases it does not have a meaning shading function: "Actually, I have never participated in such a difficult competition!" Also: "I don't spend much time at home these days, actually get home late." Also: "There are so many characters with so many stories that really couldn't have captured a single image." Or: "We noticed a place that we should have noticed a long time ago. " And: " actually have the right controls for the game types." Also: " Actually, after the first part, there was no information about a possible sequel for a long, long time..." As well as: " Actually, we are not birds, we do not fly." Finally: " Actually, we can meet very little."
Summarizing the related words: the discussed word "really" can be replaced by, among others, the following: really, in fact, really, really, in fact, in essence, basically, in the end, you can say, indeed, really, really, actually, seriously, undeniably, thoroughly, certainly, certainly, very, completely, with absolute certainty, with all force, forcefully, very definitely, exactly, exactly, exactly, in detail, sincerely, heartily, truly, directly, without a doubt, without a doubt, indisputably . Against one - or thirty. From the point of view of selective use of language, it does not matter...
Author: Lajos Arany
