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Originally Posted by HarryT
I find this somewhat baffling. Why on Earth would one not want to qualify verbs? Does Mr King have a similar aversion to adjectives?
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Because they can easily be overused. Some writers like to carefully qualify every verb they deliberately write. Because they want to convey precisely the meaning they really intend, and incorrectly think that adverbs are the best way to casually do that.