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Which of the underlined words are intensifiers or mitigators :
Which of the underlined words are intensifiers or mitigators :
What are Intensifiers?
The word that emphasizes another word or phrase is an Intensifier. It also known as a booster. Intensifiers enhances and gives additional emotional context to the word it modifies
We use words like very, really and extremely to make adjectives stronger:
- It’s a very interesting game
- she did remarkably well in her tests.
- Everyone was extremely excited
Other commonly used intensifiers are:
- Amazingly
- Incredibly
- Exceptionally
- Completely
What are Mitigators?
Mitigators are the opposite of intensifiers. When we want to make an adjective less strong we use these words:
For Example : fairly – rather – quite
- By the end of the day we were rather tired.
- The film wasn’t great but it was quite exciting.
- We had a pretty good time at the party.
Mitigators can also be used with comparative adjectives:
We use the following words and phrases as mitigators:
- a bit
- just a bit
- a little
- a little bit
- just a little bit
- rather – slightly
She’s a bit younger than I am.
This one is rather bigger.
