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“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.” – Mark Twain
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Damn good advice! 😀
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I thought so! 😉
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😀
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Very very good 😉
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Thanks; good stuff!
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Reblogged this on mira prabhu and commented:
Excellent! How to avoid using the word “very” and thereby making your writing rich and delicious….read on. Thank you Chris Graham!
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Some VERY good words here!
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I’m very very glad you posted this very informative post! 😀 Only it seems very concerning and not very nice at all that people want to cut this perfectly nice word out of the very language with which they write.
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Great! Sharing on Twitter & Pinterest.
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Very nice post.
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This is great!!! Thanks.
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Have your wordprocessor set to start an audio file “AAARRRGGGHHHHHH” every time you type “very” out of a dialogue 😉
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