Awfully vs. horribly

Regina · Mon Oct 25, 2004 20:58 pm *Awfully vs. horribly*

Test No. incompl/elem-26 "The Bells", question 2

I'm ......... sorry I can't hear a word you're saying.

(a) horribly
(b) considerably
(c) definitely
(d) awfully

Test No. incompl/elem-26 "The Bells", answer 2

I'm awfully sorry I can't hear a word you're saying.

Correct answer: (d) awfully

Your answer was: incorrect
I'm horribly sorry I can't hear a word you're saying.
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Why the word horibly doesn't fit in here?

Regina

Torsten · Mon Oct 25, 2004 21:22 pm *I'm awfully sorry*

I'm awfully sorry means I'm very sorry. You can also say I'm terribly sorry. Horribly doesn't work because it's not used in this set phrase with the word sorry.
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Blazya · Tue Jan 09, 2007 17:47 pm *Awfully vs. horribly*

what does mean a set phrase, how i can learn to identify this kind of words, set phrases, idiomatic expressions, compund nouns, etc, etc,?

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