The amber color that I dreaded so. vs The amber color that I dreaded

Both phrases are correct, but they have slightly different meanings. The first phrase 'the amber color that I dreaded so' emphasizes the intensity or extent of the dread, while the second phrase 'the amber color that I dreaded' simply states that the color was feared. The choice between them depends on the level of emphasis the speaker wants to convey.

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This phrase is correct and emphasizes the intensity or extent of the dread towards the amber color.

"The amber color that I dreaded so."

This phrase is used to emphasize the strong feeling of dread or fear towards the amber color.

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You'll see by the color that it's got a gorgeous deep amber color, but not the sort of color you'd expect from European oak.
This is the moment that I dreaded and hoped for.
'This is the moment that I dreaded and hoped for, 'wondering what I would say and do if I ever saw you again.
The neutral is the one color that I cannot play.
Now, we all know Shackleton is renowned for its light amber color, so...
And I now find that bedtime stories used to be a box on my to-do list, something that I dreaded, because it was so slow and I had to get through it quickly.
The colors that I wear are basically the same color family... but they're lighter and brighter.
They're brown, and it's the color that I want to wear.
Now, we all know Shackleton is renowned for its light amber color, so...
And we'll go off and have a conversation on that. And I now find that bedtime stories used to be a box on my to-do list, something that I dreaded, because it was so slow and I had to get through it quickly.
It's rarely color that I find in nature, although, you know, juxtaposed next to artificial color, natural color is so beautiful.
The thing I dreaded most was having none at all.
This is just what I dreaded - arriving at mealtimes.
But every day I dreaded meeting the Prince, your husband, on a battlefield.
I wanted this... I dreaded it for years, letting someone see.
I hope that I will have other opportunities to do so.
Neither of the exchanges suggests that I should do so.
My response was simply that I did not think so.
I reject any suggestion that I have not done so.
What torments me is that I have hurt him so.

Alternatives:

the amber color that I dreaded immensely.
the amber color that I dreaded greatly.

This phrase is correct and simply states that the amber color was feared.

"The amber color that I dreaded"

This phrase is used to convey the idea that the speaker had a feeling of dread towards the amber color.

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You'll see by the color that it's got a gorgeous deep amber color, but not the sort of color you'd expect from European oak.
This is the moment that I dreaded and hoped for.
'This is the moment that I dreaded and hoped for, 'wondering what I would say and do if I ever saw you again.
The neutral is the one color that I cannot play.
Now, we all know Shackleton is renowned for its light amber color, so...
And I now find that bedtime stories used to be a box on my to-do list, something that I dreaded, because it was so slow and I had to get through it quickly.
The colors that I wear are basically the same color family... but they're lighter and brighter.
They're brown, and it's the color that I want to wear.
Now, we all know Shackleton is renowned for its light amber color, so...
And we'll go off and have a conversation on that. And I now find that bedtime stories used to be a box on my to-do list, something that I dreaded, because it was so slow and I had to get through it quickly.
It's rarely color that I find in nature, although, you know, juxtaposed next to artificial color, natural color is so beautiful.
The thing I dreaded most was having none at all.
This is just what I dreaded - arriving at mealtimes.
But every day I dreaded meeting the Prince, your husband, on a battlefield.
I wanted this... I dreaded it for years, letting someone see.
They had been engaged in correspondence with Commissioner Frattini beforehand about the amber alert system for child abductions.
When I first developed the amber, the universe was degrading at an alarming rate.
But to remove them would weaken the structural integrity of the amber.
We know that someone was taken from the amber.
The Amber alert's out there.

Alternatives:

the amber color that I feared.
the amber color that I was afraid of.

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