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Can't I say "I am really a witch" instead?

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Rebecca

You can use "I am really a witch" here, however there is a slight difference in nuance. In this sentence, "really" is used as a reassurance to mean "definitely". So "I really am a witch" means "I definitely am a witch". If you were to say "I am really a witch", the word "really" would be an intensifier and would mean "to a great extent". So replacing the sentence here with "I am really a witch" would change the meaning slightly.

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