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Originally Posted by gmw
In King's "On Writing" he says "The adverb is not your friend", and goes on to speak of much more than speech attributions. (And a later paragraph gives the "road to hell" quote.) One example is "He closed the door firmly." He admits this works but asks if "firmly" really has to be there.
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I find this somewhat baffling. Why on Earth would one not want to qualify verbs? Does Mr King have a similar aversion to adjectives?