I agree that by the textbook definition it could be used in the way you are attempting to use it, but...
Not once in literature or conversation have I ever seen/heard that word used to imply something is exactly the words that comes after it. Example?
I agree that by the textbook definition it could be used in the way you are attempting to use it, but...
> Not once in literature or conversation have I ever seen/heard that word used to imply something is exactly the words that comes after it. Example?
Precisely as you mispelled earlier
The weather today was a vertiable hurricane.
the weather was a true hurricane (as correctly noted by veritable)
or
the weather was truly a hurricane (as also something that could be correctly noted by veritably)
Precisely as you mispelled earlier
>The weather today was a vertiable hurricane.
the weather was a true hurricane (as correctly noted by veritable)
or
the weather was truly a hurricane (as also something that could be correctly noted by veritably)
lol, no its a metaphor for its raining very hard outside.
Veritable doesn't mean exactly "true."
lol, no its a metaphor for its raining very hard outside.
Veritable doesn't mean exactly "true."
You're veritably incorrect. The english language contains lots of "nuance" that is often hard for some folks to grasp.
You're veritably incorrect. The english language contains lots of "nuance" that is often hard for some folks to grasp.
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