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    From Dr. Jai Maharaj@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 30 01:36:39 2018
    XPost: soc.culture.indian, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, alt.usage.english
    XPost: alt.english.usage, soc.culture.usa, soc.culture.india

    In alt.usage.english, in article <[email protected]>,
    David Kleinecke <[email protected]> posted:

    I just looked hard at the following sentence from the wild:
    This is really interesting.

    Does it mean
    (1) It is a true fact that this is interesting
    (2) This is very interesting
    or both?

    The sentence makes no claim about something being true or
    false.

    Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
    Om Shanti

    http://bit.do/jaimaharaj

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  • From RH Draney@21:1/5 to Dr. Jai Maharaj on Mon Jan 29 23:49:10 2018
    XPost: soc.culture.indian, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, alt.usage.english
    XPost: alt.english.usage, soc.culture.usa

    On 1/29/2018 6:36 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
    In alt.usage.english, in article <[email protected]>,
    David Kleinecke <[email protected]> posted:

    I just looked hard at the following sentence from the wild:
    This is really interesting.

    Does it mean
    (1) It is a true fact that this is interesting
    (2) This is very interesting
    or both?

    The sentence makes no claim about something being true or
    false.

    Mr Kleinecke is asking to clarify which meaning of "really" is meant:
    (1) "in actuality" or (2) "very" (an intensifier)....r

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  • From Dr. Jai Maharaj@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 30 20:37:54 2018
    XPost: soc.culture.indian, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, alt.usage.english
    XPost: alt.english.usage, soc.culture.usa, soc.culture.india

    In article
    <[email protected]>,
    RH Draney <[email protected]> posted:

    On 1/29/2018 6:36 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

    In alt.usage.english, in article
    <[email protected]>,
    David Kleinecke <[email protected]> posted:

    I just looked hard at the following sentence from the wild:
    This is really interesting.

    Does it mean
    (1) It is a true fact that this is interesting
    (2) This is very interesting
    or both?

    The sentence makes no claim about something being true or
    false.

    Mr Kleinecke is asking to clarify which meaning of
    "really" is meant: (1) "in actuality" or (2) "very" (an
    intensifier)....r

    Thank you, really.

    Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
    Om Shanti

    http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj

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