a very great custom vs very great

Both phrases are correct, but they have different meanings and usage. 'A very great custom' implies that the custom is significant or important, while 'very great' simply describes something as being of a high degree or intensity.

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a very great custom

This phrase is correct and implies that the custom is significant or important.

This phrase is used to emphasize the importance or significance of a particular custom. It suggests that the custom is of a very high degree or intensity.

Examples:

It is a very great custom in our family to celebrate birthdays with a big party.
The tradition of giving gifts on New Year's Eve is a very great custom in many cultures.

Alternatives:

an important custom
a significant custom
a deeply rooted custom
a cherished custom
a time-honored custom

very great

This phrase is correct and simply describes something as being of a high degree or intensity.

This phrase is used to emphasize the extent or intensity of something without specifying what that thing is. It is a general descriptor of something being of a very high degree.

Examples:

She has a very great talent for playing the piano.
The storm caused very great damage to the crops.
The movie received very great reviews from critics.
He showed very great determination in achieving his goals.
The company experienced very great success in the market.

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Those pictures are by a very great artist named Kandinsky.
I have a very great friend in Rome called Biggus Dickus.
The decision to televise was a very great gamble.
I would consider it a very great personal favour...
And I have a very great honour to...
Your husband is a very great artist.
This is the true and impossible story of my very great love.
I thought he had a very great sense of duty.
My Lord, I would ask you a very great favour.
The first European to find this place and a very great man indeed.
Walter, I'm a very great man.
We know there was once a very great civilization here.
Conservative MEPs accord a very great importance to issues of parental responsibility and the protection of children.
- It would be a very great pity.
That can be a very great help.
You seem to have made a very great impression on this girl, Inspector. Yes.
Mrs. Saxon, I have reason to believe that you're in very great danger.
I think he's a very great Wizard, in his own way.
Just to sit here with him is a very great honour for me.
The Commission is following with very great concern, as I know all honourable Members will be, the emergency situation in Mozambique.

Alternatives:

extremely great
exceptionally great
tremendously great
remarkably great
extraordinarily great

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a very great custom vs very great