Sentences with phrase «flat adverbs»
Flat adverbs sound different as they are somewhat uncommon.
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Mastering flat adverbs is not a matter of memorizing a rule (sorry, lawyers) but more a matter of recognizing proper usage.
Early Modern English featured loads of flat adverbs, but the list of those still in use has shrunk significantly.
Flat adverbs are great because one can't master them by memorizing a rule.
* For more on using adverbs in legal writing, see these other recent Lawyerist columns: Be Safe When Using Flat Adverbs, Eschewing Comfort Words in Legal Writing, and Scrubbing Adverbs From Legal Writing.
And if you'll forgive the use of a «flat adverb»... travel safe!
And attempting to correct someone who properly uses a flat adverb will make you look less - than - knowledgeable, as well as rude.