Comments on: Very Rarely http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2008/11/20/very-rarely/ Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jessica http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2008/11/20/very-rarely/comment-page-1/#comment-27657 Jessica Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:29:04 +0000 http://www.ryanware.com/2008/11/20/very-rarely/#comment-27657 Woo, hoo, I love winning. Woo, hoo, I love winning.

]]> By: Ryan http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2008/11/20/very-rarely/comment-page-1/#comment-27646 Ryan Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:06:54 +0000 http://www.ryanware.com/2008/11/20/very-rarely/#comment-27646 I concede. You are right. Very rare isn't a very good example. Shoulda used something else. And yeah, I do it a lot. I concede. You are right. Very rare isn’t a very good example. Shoulda used something else.

And yeah, I do it a lot.

]]> By: Jessica http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2008/11/20/very-rarely/comment-page-1/#comment-27643 Jessica Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:20:26 +0000 http://www.ryanware.com/2008/11/20/very-rarely/#comment-27643 There isn't anything wrong with "very rarely". Let's say there is a vintage collector's item that is difficult to get a hold of because it is classified as "rare". There are different degrees of rare. Something might be hard to find, but something else might be even harder to find. Thus, very rare. Also, I think your tweet is funny. If you want to get all analytical about word usage: <blockquote>So I just said "very rarely." Rare is already pretty rare. Yet I'm not the only one who says it. I think adding 'very' is rarely necessary</blockquote> Because you did it again. By typing "pretty rare" -- you're still accentuating rare with an extra word. Which, as I illustrated above, is okay in my book. There isn’t anything wrong with “very rarely”. Let’s say there is a vintage collector’s item that is difficult to get a hold of because it is classified as “rare”. There are different degrees of rare. Something might be hard to find, but something else might be even harder to find. Thus, very rare.

Also, I think your tweet is funny. If you want to get all analytical about word usage:

So I just said “very rarely.” Rare is already pretty rare. Yet I’m not the only one who says it. I think adding ‘very’ is rarely necessary

Because you did it again. By typing “pretty rare” — you’re still accentuating rare with an extra word. Which, as I illustrated above, is okay in my book.

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