substantial (adj.)
large in amount or importance
Examples
- A substantial improvement.
Key rules
- Substantial means large in amount or importance
- Substantial improvement, substantial amount
- Substantially is the adverb
Common mistakes
- A substantial of improvement → A substantial improvement
Use cases
- Describing changes
- Discussing sums of money
- Writing reports
💡 Tip: Substantial is stronger than some and is used in formal writing.