Activity for nra‭

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Edit	Post #38955	Initial revision	—	about 5 years ago
Question	—	Is it acceptable in academic writing to write "their very self" or "very + [noun]"? Is the "very + [noun]" structure, as an emphasis on the noun, formal-enough for an academic paper? For example in the sentence below: "The environment had a significant impact on the state of his psychological well-being. Even the very existence of his condition was fully dependent on the environmen... (more)	—	about 5 years ago