People mix these two words up all the time. How often have I heard, “You look real nice.” Phooey. Real is an adjective. Really is an adverb. They have different jobs. Remember (or if you never knew, learn now), adjectives describe nouns; adverbs describe verbs, other adverbs and adjectives. So, in the example real, the adjective, is wrong because it can’t descibe an adjective (nice); really is right because it can describe an adjective. The sentence then is, “You look really nice.” Thank you; I think so too. I think I also look very nice, but that’s for another day.
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