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Flockky II wrote:

I think this should be the top difficulty. Having overaddition of difficulties seems to be a lot.

I oppose this idea, since "extremely hard" sounds less hard than "insanely hard" when "insanely hard" really drives you crazy, which means very very very very very hard, while "extremely hard" is just very very hard. Moreover, this is not compatible with "nearly impossible".

Roseturnip wrote: learning oppose

I don't think so. The "extremely hard" and "insanely hard" rating may cause a confusion since they have the similar meanings.

No it won't. According to the dictionary, this won't cause confusion. They will even have a big separation in their meanings. There is more confusion on "nearly impossible" and "insanely hard" rather than "extremely hard" and "insanely hard".

Let me quote several dictionaries to support more stance:

Oxford: Extremely: To a very great degree; Insanely: In a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behaviour, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill Thefreedictionary.com: Extremely: to the extreme; exceedingly; Insanely: (used as intensives) extremely; in an insane manner; Dictionary.com: Extremely: in an extreme degree; exceedingly; Insanely: in the state of not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged. Collins: Extremely: to the extreme; exceedingly; Insanely: in the state of mentally deranged; crazy; of unsound mind Merriam-Webster: Extremely: in an extreme manner; Insanely: in the state of mentally disorder: exhibiting insanity

And sorry Catinthedark the alternative does not sound good since I think "insanely hard" will evoke more emotion than "almost impossible" and "almost impossible" is too ambiguous. As mentioned in my thread, you need to define what is "almost impossible", as "almost" can be perceived by other people and may cause confusion not only with "extremely hard", but even "very hard" and "hard".