"You're really not going to like this." Intensifying the not; the degree to which the person is going to not like it is expected to be high. "You're not really going to like this." Depending on stress, it might be changing an expectation; you may have said they will like it, …

May 12, 2020 · The adverb "not" can modify either the verb phrase "know" or the adverb "really" The syntax tells us what the meaning is. "I don't really know" means "not really", And so it is understood to mean "I partly understand". Whereas "I really don't know" we have "not know", which is strengthened by the adverb really.

Nov 20, 2016 · I was wondering if she really is hot. In this sentence, "really" is an adverb (modifying is), and makes the sentence a question of whether "she" is attractive. You would only use this if someone had previously asserted that she is hot, as the sentence is questioning that assertion. Refer to this definition (from Oxford Dictionaries): really ...

Jul 13, 2021 · Whether it's rude or not really depends on what answer the person is hoping or expecting to hear. In general, if you're giving good news, emphasis is fine; you're telling the person what they want to hear, so the emphasis acts to reassure them that you really mean it, while using language that downplays the answer would feel like you aren't ...

The expression "not sure" seems to connote a greater degree of doubt than "not certain". While "not certain" tends to mean that you have a pretty good idea but are not yet certain, "not sure" is perhaps more likely to be a euphemism for not really knowing or not wanting to say:

Not really a 'slacker', since if I understand right, that's somebody who doesn't really do anything. More like a person who works 9 to 5 (or more like 9-4 if he can get away with it) but not a minute longer. Is totally bland when fulfilling his tasks etc.

Jan 13, 2021 · They mean roughly the same. "Fine" also means that you are agreeing but not really agreeing. In the following situations, I think "fine" sounds better ... but I'm not a native English speaker, so I'm not very sure: I ended up staying at home, which was fine for me. And now that he'd accomplished that feat, everything would be fine.

Jul 23, 2022 · When it comes to a regular conversation, I can communicate pretty well, but I'm not really into grammar rules. So, in one specific occasion , one of these friends asked me why I didn't use the auxiliary "to be" in this sentence, "We should start talking in English from now on", since it is on present continuous tense.

But it's not always that easy. For will, it's okay to say I'm willing. But for the word can, you'd have to say, I'm being able to, because canning means putting things in cans. Note that in the form, I'm [verb]ing, the word am is a part of the verb form (I am [verb]ing), and is sometimes called a helping verb or an auxiliary verb. –

Mar 2, 2016 · I really love her means you love her a lot. The really intensifies the emotion. I do love her means you do, in fact, love her. The do intensifies the verb, and asserts it as fact. I would expect the "really" version to be used when someone is deeply in love with the other person, and wants to express that fact.