Thought of the day: Sometimes, the adverb form's not worth it

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Anyone who uses "virtuosically" in a sentence is not speaking virtuosically.

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VEG said…
In high school my teacher said "99% of adverbs in creative writing, are unnecessary." to which I said, "Don't you mean 'completely unnecessary'?" and I got a detention...
December 3, 2011 at 9:53 AM
dogimo said…
I would have quibbled with his or her comma.

Ooo! Shared detention with the Vegetable Assassin!
December 3, 2011 at 12:28 PM
TimT said…
Precisamundo. Exactobily. Corright on.
December 3, 2011 at 10:36 PM
VEG said…
Damn it, the comma was mine and even I cringed noticing it there. What can I say my delight at trashing adverbs totally eclipsed my comma sense. See what I did there? Comma sense! Bahaha! I slay me. (not)
December 4, 2011 at 6:56 AM
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