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Poll: It was ____ disaster.

It was ____ disaster.

a total
total
totally

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This Poll:

  • Votes: 328
  • Comments: 3
  • Added: March 2012

Comments:

karti Svaby

disaster is a countable noun so we can say "It was a total disaster."

King

if you say total or totally instead of a total you make disaster an adjective

Sarah Hardman

total disaster- I'm thinking of it as uncountable, swamping, all-consuming awfulness. a total disaster= 1 example of the above

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