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I think it refers to it being used for emphasis rather than to describe something as you\'ve put it. Hence when it\'s an \
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I think it refers to it being used for emphasis rather than to describe something as you\\\'ve put it. Hence when it\\\'s an \\\"intensifier\\\", it doesn\\\'t serve any purpose besides emphasis. From TheOtherWiki:
-->An intensifier makes no contribution to the propositional meaning of a clause but serves to enhance and sometimes to give additional emotional context to the word it modifies.
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