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Defending adverbs exuberantly if conditionally

In which I argue for the usefulness of the most hated part of speech

Just one way in which your creative freedom is stifled, a product of a systematic, state-issued conveyor belt of bourgeoise schlock, a thing worth screaming about on the internet. The man hanging out of the wrecked car was still alive as I passed, and I stopped, grown a little more used to the idea now of how really badly broken he was, and made sure there was nothing I could do. “Snoring loudly and rudely.” Jesus’ Son has many moments of unexpected adverbs that both contribute to his unique style—Johnson also loves surprising adjectives—and are character indicating.

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