Reply to "Very wonderful"

Hi Tony,

I'm an English teacher but I'm not a native speaker of the language. I remember when I was taking my CELTA courses in San Francisco in 2016, one day our teacher said we could not put "very" before an extreme adjective, i.e., "very amazing" would, according to him, be incorrect, even though I had heard it many times myself (and I did tell him about it but he believed I was mistaken!!!). The coursebook "American English Fille" says we cannot bring "very" before an extreme adjective but again I'm watching The Sopranos and I see Tony's wife saying "It's very very wonderful!" (S01,E01) So, I think it's all about grammar vs everyday language: everyday we say things that may not be grammatically correct but they are still in a way accepted maybe because it happens too many times or maybe for other reasons.

8/1/229:40 AM

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