Adverbs vs. Adjectives

[Spencer]

If I like something a lot, I say that's real good.
If I'd like to recommend something and someone asks me about the quality of that thing I'd say "It's really good"
Maybe...

[Spencer]

Hi Torsten,
I'd really like to know the answer.
I hope You didn't forget about this topic.
That's why I updated it. :)
Spencer

[Torsten]

Hi Spencer,

The grammatically correct version is That's really good. (adverb + adjective) but you will hear That's real good. really often.
So who knows, maybe in a few years this version will be considered as correct too.

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[Alan]

Hi Minor Thing,

Your question about the use of the double negatives raises not the idea of correctness but really of meaning. If someone says: I don't know nothing, there could be different reasons for this. Possibly they so forcibly want to stress the idea of negation that they forget they have already used the negative in the first place. Maybe they do this through ignorance. Alternatively they are using this form for effect knowing that they are doing it.

I really don't think this has anything to do with which brand of English you are using British, American, Indian, Australian, Spanish or whatever, it simply doesn't make sense, have a logical meaning to use a double negative. Correctness isn't really the point

Alan
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