Intensifiers are adverbs that add emphasis, such as very, quite, really, and indeed. However, unnecessary intensifiers can weaken your writing. When revising your draft, either eliminate intensifiers that do not make a definite contribution or replace them with specific details.

The team was quite happy to receive the very good news that it had been awarded a rather substantial monetary ($1500)prize for its participation in the tournament.

As an intensifier, too means "more than enough, excessive." It is'not interchangeable with very, which means "extremely, in a high degree."

 

 

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