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Is this correct and natural?
I wasn't as mad as hell.
(I know the affirmative form "I was mad as hell." I'm just wondering if the negative form also works well.)
Is this correct and natural?
I wasn't as mad as hell.
(I know the affirmative form "I was mad as hell." I'm just wondering if the negative form also works well.)
I wasn't as mad as hell.
(I know the affirmative form "I was mad as hell." I'm just wondering if the negative form also works well.)
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The negative form would be 'I wasn't mad as hell', not 'I wasn't as mad as hell' (because the affirmative form isn't 'I was as mad as hell.)
I think it would only be natural in one situation- when someone has just accused you of being mad as hell.
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@eyecy Thanks a lot for the help as always. (ᵔᴥᵔ)
So is the affirmative form much more commonly used?
So is the affirmative form much more commonly used?
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@nomadatlatl It's more like 'as hell' is an intensifier, and like a lot of intensifiers (though not all of them) it doesn't really work in the negative. You can say you're excited as hell or drunk as hell, not just mad.
That's sort of a tangent. Yes, the affirmative form is vastly more common.
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It sounds strange. The affirmative is commonly used. If you were going to use it you would say " I wasn't mad as hell". but most people would just say "I wasn't mad"
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