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Old 01-27-2018, 08:31 AM   #53
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
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.
Surely, though, the same "abuse" could apply to adjectives, could it not?
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