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#2 (permalink) Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:55 am Use of 'just' |
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Hi,
Just has the idea of exactly in this sentence. That's just right means that exactly/perfectly right.
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#3 (permalink) Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:15 am How do we use "just"? |
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| Can someone explain to me the meaning of "as well" ? Is that something like "also" ? |
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Marko I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:34 am How do we use "just"? |
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. Here, 'as well' means 'with equivalent, comparable, or more favorable effect <might just as well have stayed home>' (Webster's Online). In other contexts, though, it can mean 'also': "I like sushi, and sashimi as well". . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#5 (permalink) Sun Aug 17, 2008 13:40 pm How do we use "just"? |
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| Thank you. |
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Marko I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 21:07 pm How do we use "just"? |
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| Please write this sentence:''Then it's just as well it's not raining.'' for me with other, eqiuivalent words. Thank you in advance! |
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#7 (permalink) Wed Mar 18, 2009 22:59 pm How do we use "just"? |
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. It's good that it isn't raining. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#8 (permalink) Tue Jun 02, 2009 13:58 pm How do we use "just"? |
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Hey all, "Then it's just as well it's not raining." is a form of expression. Someone just explained it to me with the following examples:
"Just as well there was no-one at the party, as a fire broke out in the building." (It's good no-one was at the party, as a fire broke out in the building). "Oh! You have a pool! Just as well i brought my bathers!" (Oh! You have a pool! It's good i brought my bathers!).
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#9 (permalink) Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:35 am Meaning of "as well" |
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"As well" originally meant (and in my view should only mean) "equally well." It's now in vogue to use "as well" as a synonym for "also" or "too." This usage is unfortunate. Consider these two sentences: "I speak English and German as well." "I speak English and German, too."
Ten years ago the distinction was clear. "As well" allowed the speaker to say concisely that she speaks both language, and speaks them equally well." On the other hand, by using "too" instead, the speaker wasn't making any claim to equal facility in the two languages. Recently people have begun to think that "as well" is a smarter sounding way of saying "too", without realizing that they are dumbing down the language.
Broadcast school is to blame. Listen to a weather forecast if you don't know what I mean. Changes are that about every other sentence will contain "as well" (along with "area"--e.g., "rain activity in coastal areas" instead of "rain along the coast"). You'll often hear sentences which include both "also" and "as well", as the reporter slides between the natural way of talking, and a Newspeak in which "as well" has come to have no meaning, and has thus become only a noise, signifying nothing expect perhaps an implicit "don't you just love my newly mentholated Broadcast School voice"?! |
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#10 (permalink) Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:49 am How do we use "just"? |
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| Ten years ago the distinction was clear. |
Your etymology is a little imaginative, Bri.
"As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine-- Why, by the verities on thee made good, May they not be my oracles as well, And set me up in hope?" _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#11 (permalink) Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:19 am How do we use "just"? |
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'it s just as well it is nt raining'......it is to imply that 'another good thing that it s not raining'. lets consider this:
Mary: Today we are going to the park. Cherry: Oh no....is it necessary? Mary:Dont refuse. We have ample time with us to kill. Then, its just as well it is nt raining. |
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