"I love a real stinky cheese." - Heidi Klum, in TV Guide, discussing her fondue preferences
Heidi has used a colloquial expression that is considered to be an error by the writers of standardized examinations and many grammarians and English teachers. She has used the adjective "real" to modify another adjective.
In standard American English, the adjective […]
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