Pure — Formal and Literary Emphasis — Emphatic Structures — Strutture Enfatiche (B2)

Emphatic Structures — Strutture Enfatiche·Pure — Formal and Literary Emphasis

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Rule reminder

Pure means 'also', 'even', or 'too' — similar to anche but more formal, literary, or emphatic. It can also introduce concession ('eppure' sense). In speech it sounds elevated; in writing it adds elegance. Pure lei, pure loro = she too, they too.

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