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Awfully vs. horribly 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?

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I'm awfully sorry 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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Awfully vs. horribly 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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