Reply To: the proficency project – worldlist module 5

[Kerin]

I too was not the sharpest crayon in the box when it came to maths!

Good phrases Manuela – two things to note:

> this expression needs ‘a’ not ‘the’: without a shadow of a doubt.

> Adjectives like knackered and gutted are what we call ‘Absolute Adjectives’. This means that is generally not capable of being intensified or compared. Therefore we don’t use ‘very’ or ‘extremely’ with these kinds of adjective.

You might find this interesting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/eiam/unit-1/session-47