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I know that "there" in "There are 50 states" is called an expletive.
On Google books, I have just read a passage from On Sentence-Rhythm and Word Order by August Western, published in 1908.
Dr. Western labels "really" a "mere expletive" in these sentences:
"If he really loves you --, because unreal love is not love at all."
"My temperament demands that ... I should show her what I really feel."
Does anyone have an idea as to why Dr. Warren may have labeled that adverb a "mere expletive"?
THANK YOU
On Google books, I have just read a passage from On Sentence-Rhythm and Word Order by August Western, published in 1908.
Dr. Western labels "really" a "mere expletive" in these sentences:
"If he really loves you --, because unreal love is not love at all."
"My temperament demands that ... I should show her what I really feel."
Does anyone have an idea as to why Dr. Warren may have labeled that adverb a "mere expletive"?
THANK YOU
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