Difference between simple and very

[Fu Young]

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #94 "Letter of Complaint (1)", question 3

I would like to tell you the story from the ......... beginning.

(a) simple
(b) same
(c) extreme
(d) very

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #94 "Letter of Complaint (1)", answer 3

I would like to tell you the story from the very beginning.

Correct answer: (d) very

Your answer was: incorrect
I would like to tell you the story from the simple beginning.
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difference between simple and very

Fu Young

[Alan]

Hi,

Simple often suggests plain/ordinary as in: Just tell the simple truth. Very used as an adjective often suggests exact/absolute as in: You are the very person I want to talk to.

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