What does "very" mean in this sentence? I was reading the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and there is written the following sentence: "That very night in Max's room a forest grew". What is the meaning of "very" in the sentence above? What is its function? Can you give me more examples of how to use very in the same way? Thank you a lot!!

Which is the best book to improve English writing? Hello I want to improve my English writing, focusing on academic and professional texts. I would really appreciate if you could give me tips and suggest books to study. I know a lot of good English grammar books, but they are not enough for me. I would like a book that teach me how to use intermediate/advanced grammar in texts, not only the pure grammar. Thank you very much!

I am a writer Since I was a child I have been fascinated about words. I remember asking for my parents' help to write them cards even before I learn how to write and read. When I was six years old, I joined school and the writing activities soon became my favorite ones. I started dreaming about becoming an writer when I grew up. In my teen years, I used to write poems as a way of expressing my feelings. In this age, writing became merely a hobby and I no more wanted to become a professional writer. However, I knew that having good writing skills would help me to get the job I chose, no matter in which field I decided to work on. Today, I don't write as a hobby anymore, but I really want to restart doing it someday. Now, I write a lot of academic texts, professional emails and instant text messages. I am not a professional writer, but I am certainly a writer.

The life of a CEO of a big company Being the CEO of a big company is the job a lot of people would want, because it is well paid and has social status. However, this job requires a lot of responsibility and can be very stressful. I imagine that in a typical day of the life of a CEO, the person wakes up very early in the morning, probably around 5 or 6 am. The CEO takes a huge breakfast because he or she will need a lot of energy to make the day through. Probably before going to work he or she will do some physical exercise, as it helps to release the stress of a very busy routine and it keeps the mood up. The routine in the company must be very exhausting with lots of problems to solve and the CEO's probably continue working or thinking about work when they get home late in the evening. During the weekends, I imagine CEO's practice some interesting hobbies that will keep them away from work and renew their energies to start everything again on Monday. It must be a very exhausting routine!

Busy Routine I consider myself a very busy person, I'm always studying. I still do not have a real job, but I work in a reasearch project in my university. Sometimes, I have nothing to do from the research and these are the quiet times. I can spend the whole time studying and I still will have some time for myself. When I have a spare time, I usually use it to draw, watch a movie or read. But the worst days are the ones when I have lots of things to work on and I also have a maraton of exams on the university. These are very busy and stressful days. In a normal day, I usually go to my classes in the morning and in the afternoon I review them to set what I learned in my mind. At night, I spend sometime time with my family or I speak with my friends by WhatsApp. I usually have some things to study at the weekend or some work from the research to do, so I feel that I can never enjoy my weekend fully. Yesterday, I decided to take the entire day to do things I enjoy. I draw and listened to music most of the time. I also went out with a friend. It was a very nice Saturday, but now I have to come back to my busy routine.