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Zyphlin · 04-16-08, 12:00 PM

Since you wish to speak in context, there's two ways to hear that.

"For the first time, I am really happy"...as in...for the first time I am happy in a very large way.

"For the first time, I am really happy"...as in...for the first time I am actually honestly happy.

"Really" is commonly used, in that sentence structure, in both fashions.

Thus how this issue can creep up. Its really pretty easy to hear that sentence and take two different meanings from it.

04-16-08, 12:00 PM	#36 (permalink)
Zyphlin Make the stupidness stop Mod team member Join Date: Jul 2005 Last Online: Today 04:12 PM Location: Herndon, Va Posts: 4,926 Thanks: 1,777 Thanked 1,914 Times in 1,145 Posts Lean: Conservative Gender: Awards:	Re: It's The Reaction Stupid! Since you wish to speak in context, there's two ways to hear that. "For the first time, I am really happy"...as in...for the first time I am happy in a very large way. "For the first time, I am really happy"...as in...for the first time I am actually honestly happy. "Really" is commonly used, in that sentence structure, in both fashions. Thus how this issue can creep up. Its really pretty easy to hear that sentence and take two different meanings from it. __________________ Obama Wins. Time to reach for the new American Dream: "Strive for Mediocrity, avoid success, get free crap"