Writers hear the advice to avoid -ly words. This is good advice, but when people are talking they often pepper their sentences with the -ly adverbs. Eliminating them makes the conversation sound stiff and unnatural.
"I'm fairly sure these were planted here by Obidoddex."
Mrs. Paul is a fantasy author and grandma. 
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I'm fairly sure my lovely story will require many ruthlessly revised versions of my happhazardly written manuscript.
ReplyDeleteI agree you can't eliminate adverbs completely, especially in speech. It wouldn't sound natural.
ReplyDeleteEvery rule--even writing rules--are made to be broke at times. "Avoiding" -ly words doesn't translate to "never use" -ly words. But I believe in using them sparingly.
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