Timeline for Is the phrase "very delighted" ever "wrong"?
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| Mar 21, 2023 at 14:20 | comment | added | Vun-Hugh Vaw | I think this response of yours is enough clarification, that you personally think it's not "idiomatic". In my opinion, if enough native speakers use a particular expression, it eventually becomes idiomatic. Idiomatic expressions are very different from "standard" or "received" expressions: the former are authentically used by native speakers even to the annoyance of grammar police, the latter are recommended for school or high-brow jobs. "Should have went" could be idiomatic without being "standard" or "received" | |
| Mar 21, 2023 at 9:59 | history | edited | JK2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 21, 2023 at 9:56 | comment | added | JK2 | I don't think there's anything to clarify. It just depends on how you'd define "idiomatic/natural". Some native speakers utter things like "I should have went" instead of "I should have gone" from time to time. In my own dictionary, the former is not idiomatic or natural, regardless of how often some native speakers use it. If you'd consider it idiomatic/natural simply because some native speakers keep using it, that's your prerogative. There's nothing I can clarify. | |
| Mar 21, 2023 at 9:38 | history | edited | JK2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 21, 2023 at 9:11 | comment | added | Vun-Hugh Vaw | "Native speakers, famous or not, do utter unidiomatic or unnatural things from time to time." Could you clarify on this further? I'm not sure if you're confusing "commonality" and "idiomaticity/naturality". I agree that native speakers occasionally say "unidiomatic" things, like verbalizing the adjective "gay" in "gay it up" for humorous effect for example, but given the contexts where "very delighted" occurs, I don't see why it can't be "idiomatic." | |
| Mar 21, 2023 at 6:58 | history | answered | JK2 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |