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I'm just trying to work around the whole "Adverbs are the devil" rule. Is there any difference between these two lines in regards to writing quality: He smiled patronisingly at them And H...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T12:53:29Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/47808 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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klippy
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2019-12-08T12:53:29Z (about 5 years ago)
I'm just trying to work around the whole "Adverbs are the devil" rule. Is there any difference between these two lines in regards to writing quality: > He smiled patronisingly at them And > He had a patronising smile on his face Is the second option better than the first one?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-09-03T18:56:55Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 15