Mad Mick, zip up, your grammar is showing again.
And good_guy ***shakes head and mutters***
this is from the
really nice folks at Merriam-Webster, who spend so much time making a
really easy to use reference so we won't continue making
really silly mistakes...
REAL;
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, real, relating to things (in law), from Middle French, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin; Medieval Latin realis relating to things (in law), from Late Latin, real, from Latin res thing, fact; akin to Sanskrit rayi property
1 : of or relating to fixed, permanent, or immovable things (as lands or tenements)
2 a : not artificial, fraudulent, illusory, or apparent : GENUINE <real gold>; also : being precisely what the name implies <a real professional> b (1) : occurring in fact <a story of real life> (2) : of or relating to practical or everyday concerns or activities <left school to live in the real world> (3) : existing as a physical entity and having properties that deviate from an ideal, law, or standard <a real gas> -- compare IDEAL 3b c : having objective independent existence <unable to believe that what he saw was real> d : FUNDAMENTAL, ESSENTIAL e (1) : belonging to or having elements or components that belong to the set of real numbers <the real roots of an equation> <a real matrix> (2) : concerned with or containing real numbers <real analysis> (3) : REAL-VALUED <real variable> f : measured by purchasing power <real income> <real dollars> g : COMPLETE, UTTER <a real fiasco>
3 of a particle : capable of being detected -- compare VIRTUAL 3
- re·al·ness noun
- for real 1 : in earnest : SERIOUSLY <fighting for real> 2 : GENUINE <couldn't believe the threats were for real>
REALLY ;
Function: adverb
1 a : in reality : ACTUALLY <things as they really are> <there was nothing peculiar about her doing this, really -- Peter Taylor> b : TRULY, UNQUESTIONABLY -- used as an intensifier <a really beautiful day>
2 -- used to emphasize an assertion <you really should read Yeats> <really, you're being ridiculous>
As to the real reason you started this thread, IMHO (see, we use net-speak when it doesn't mangle a sentence)
you should forget about buying the tension wrench and spend your money on a medium hook. There are many things lying around the average home you can easily turn into a tension wrench.
