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rjmill | 8 months ago

Can you give an example? I've never noticed that (except for certain specific dialects and slang) but I may be blind to it.

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halper|8 months ago

I hear it most often with "real": it is real bad, good or weird. The Offspring wants you bad.

colanderman|8 months ago

Oh yes! This works with other intensifiers as well. "Crazy good", "wicked bad", "mad smart", etc. To my ears, eliding the -ly changes the meaning from the literal reading, to specifically the intensifier reading.

gadders|8 months ago

"Think Different" "That went perfect" etc