Help(please) Hi, there Do you say "I am going to be really in trouble" or "I am really going to be in trouble"? "I am going to be really in the doghouse" or "I am really going to be in the doghouse"?

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Help(please) Hi, there Do you say "I am going to be really in trouble" or "I am really going to be in trouble"? "I am going to be really in the doghouse" or "I am really going to be in the doghouse"?.. and "in really or real hot water"? Thank you

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Hi, there

Do you say "I am going to be really in trouble" or "I am really going to be in trouble"? "I am going to be really in the doghouse" or "I am really going to be in the doghouse"?.. and "in really or real hot water"?

Thank you

"I am really going to be in trouble"

"I am really going to be in the doghouse"

"in really hot water"

Do you say "I am going to be really in trouble" or "I am really going to be in trouble"? "I am going to be really in the doghouse" or "I am really going to be in the doghouse"?.. and "in really or real hot water"?

Hi Jordana,

You'd say "I am really going to be in trouble" and "I am really going to be in the doghouse."

For the last one, you could arguably use either, but "really hot" is better.

The first two are based on word order. The adverb (really) comes between the auxiliary and main verbs. "am REALLY going" is best.

In the second examples, you can be in "really hot" (i.e. the water is very hot; adverb (really) modifies adjective (hot)), or you can be in "real, hot water" (the water is real and hot). This is a bit odd, but it is acceptable in colloquial English, mostly in US English. You might hear "He drives real quick." Grammatically, it should be "He drives really (or very) quickly," but in speech, people sometimes drop the -ly suffix.

Can't we mean by saying "I am really going to be in trouble" that we knew/recognized that we are going to be in trouble in the very next time?

It would be the following: I'm really going to be in a lot of trouble. I'm really going to be in the dog house. I'm really in hot water. (The really here is used for emphasis only) I'm in really hot water. (The water is really hot) Where I'm from (southern U.S.) it's common to use the word "really" as a way to add emphasis. It's not necessary, but you hear it a lot. If "really" is in the sentence, then the emphasis is on really. I'm REALLY going to be in a lot of trouble. If not, I would put the emphasis on "a lot". I'm going to be in A LOT of trouble.

Hi Jordana, So, 'really' would not be the word to use here. What you would say is 'I'm going to be in a lot of trouble'.

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