" actually ".
"jane bought a bottle of milk". this is a good sentence.
"jane ACTUALLY bought a bottle of milk." the sentence only makes sense if the unstated premise is if one would not expect jane to be able or want to do this.
the problem is that the word "actually" mostly appears in front of hundreds of verbs in sentences where one would not reasonably at all entertain the jane premise noted above.
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@the-grifter saidI think Jane needs to be capitalized to fully qualify as a good sentence. I also have it on good authority that Jane is lactose intolerant.
" actually ".
"jane bought a bottle of milk". this is a good sentence.
Despite being lactose intolerant, Jane actually bought a bottle of milk.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke
jane is also actually very humble and this is why jane does not capitalize herself.
@ghost-of-a-duke saiddang right she does
Jane needs to be capitalized.
actually, @rookie54 needs money too
have you seen the price of milk? dang grifters taking from the folks who need it...
@rookie54
jane makes six pounds a month as the "necessary girl" in my north england estate and she has no complaints, with the exception of her lactose condition which is why she chose the job as the "necessary girl" ( one who empties the "night soil" bowl in the small closet under the washbasin ).
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@the-grifter saidI always liked Jane, though she did once eat my lemon cheesecake, while I was preoccupied in the small closet.
@rookie54
jane makes six pounds a month as the "necessary girl" in my north england estate and she has no complaints, with the exception of her lactose condition which is why she chose the job as the "necessary girl" ( one who empties the "night soil" bowl in the small closet under the washbasin ).
I have no evidence of this.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke
if you speak about jane she will be thrown out without a reference.
jane will be actually doomed to begging for a pence or two outside of the pork butcher shop on the greenmarket.
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@the-grifter saidAh, I know that butcher well, clutches his turkey sausages to his chest like a mother might a child, or a gambler a winning lottery ticket.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke
if you speak about jane she will be thrown out without a reference.
jane will be actually doomed to begging for a pence or two outside of the pork butcher shop on the greenmarket.
Fear not for Jane sir, we will pickle her for future generations to study.
@the-grifter saidthe problem is that the word "actually" mostly appears in front of hundreds of verbs in sentences where one would not reasonably at all entertain the jane premise noted above.
" actually ".
"jane bought a bottle of milk". this is a good sentence.
"jane ACTUALLY bought a bottle of milk." the sentence only makes sense if the unstated premise is if one would not expect jane to be able or want to do this.
the problem is that the word "actually" mostly appears in front of hundreds of verbs in sentences where one would not reasonably at all entertain the jane premise noted above.
While this assertion sounds plausible, I don't think it's true actually.
@FMF
it is actually true. just watch the local evening news and attune yourself to how many times you hear the word "actually" used as a quite meaningless word as a substitute for "true".
jane thinks your post is actually pointless or maybe actually relevant or maybe it is actually inane but she is having to actually going to actually stop writing this post as jane has to actually prepare the cats dinner who will actually eat it.
@the-grifter saidyou hear the word "actually" used as a quite meaningless word as a substitute for "true"
@FMF
it is actually true. just watch the local evening news and attune yourself to how many times you hear the word "actually" used as a quite meaningless word as a substitute for "true".
jane thinks your post is actually pointless or maybe actually relevant or maybe it is actually inane but she is having to actually going to actually stop writing this post as jane has to actually prepare the cats dinner who will actually eat it.
If it is a substitute for "true", then it is clearly not meaningless; it is synonymical.
@the-grifter saidIt does belong if there might be reason to find it surprising or unbelievable.
it does not belong in a simple statement of fact.