adverb position 5: emphasizing adverbs

Examples: very, extremely, terribly, just (meaning ‘exactly’ or ‘a short time’), almost, really, right.
These adverbs go directly before the words that they emphasise or ‘point to’. We all thought she sang very well.
Everybody was extremely annoyed with Julian.
I’m terribly sorry about last night.
I’ll see you in the pub just before eight o’clock.
He threw the ball almost over the house.
I’m really tired today.
She walked right past me.
Almost
can also go in mid-position (see adverb position 4: mid-position.4).

For more information consult a good dictionary like Langman, Oxford, Merriam Webster, or Collins.

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