Any differences?
He's just plain carry.
He's just falt out crazy. He's just downright crazy.
plain crazy, flat out crazy, and downright crazy.
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Answers · 4
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Hello Xiao Deng. I think these are practically the same in day-to-day usage.
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No difference, but here in the UK, "flat out crazy" sounds incredibly weird and "plain crazy" is very rarely used. "Downright crazy" sounds the best.
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No, these are not different.
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Also note that 'downright' collocates with other words in interesting ways:
- https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/downright
Click on 'More example sentences' to see what I mean...
The other two are interesting as well:
- https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/flat_out
- https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plain
Again, click on 'More example sentences' in definition (2) of 'flat out' and the same in definition (5) of 'plain'.
Hope that helps.
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