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"Way cool": is "way" okay as an adverb and intensifier?
Grant Barrett
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2009/08/16 - 9:36am
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Way in: How an informality has climbed into English. Another one of those things where self-appointed usage mavens made a factless ruling. "Way" is fine in anything less than hyper-formal speech.

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2009/08/16 - 6:35pm
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Isn't this the double-edged sword for linguists? You have to try and keep the language understandable and standardized but if you smother it too much with restrictions, it ends up just being French.smile

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