Stephen King is known to have once said, “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” And Mark Twain is known to have once said, “Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” And I do understand their shared sentiment regarding adverbs…to a certain extent. Or maybe I…
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