A Correct Adverb

rogersgeorge on October 6th, 2018

I generally recommend against using adverbs (use a good verb instead) but here’s one where the guy got it right:

Looks like he even used an M-dash, though the spaces around it weren’t necessary.

Speaking of adverbs, I ran into a comic that I can’t find now that had the theme of using multiple adverbs. The punch line ran something like

Are you really absolutely positively utterly sure you turned off the oven?

The point being that the more adverbs, the greater the degree of certainty about something.

Okay, I ran into another string of adverbs, including a compound adverb!

https://comicskingdom.com/buckles/2018-06-24

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