Gryphos
Auror
The word 'really' when I think about it, has two main uses: as an emphasiser and as a clarifier (for lack of a better word).
As an emphasiser it's like: "The building was really big."
As a clarifier it's like: "The building wasn't that big, really."
The general consensus, and a consensus I do agree with, is that as an emphasiser really isn't really a good thing to use, unless the voice in question is one of a child or someone some other way lacking sophistication.
But as a clarifier I think really is perfectly fine. I mean, people use it all the time, really. And it serves a useful purpose in drawing attention to the discrepancy between two mutually exclusive statements: "the building was big" "the building was small, really"
As an emphasiser it's like: "The building was really big."
As a clarifier it's like: "The building wasn't that big, really."
The general consensus, and a consensus I do agree with, is that as an emphasiser really isn't really a good thing to use, unless the voice in question is one of a child or someone some other way lacking sophistication.
But as a clarifier I think really is perfectly fine. I mean, people use it all the time, really. And it serves a useful purpose in drawing attention to the discrepancy between two mutually exclusive statements: "the building was big" "the building was small, really"