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When emphasising language becomes habitual, it's intended impact may actually be lessened, by way of the "boy crying wolf" effect. That is, if everything is described as "very" and "really" and "actually", then those emphasisers no longer stand out. We start to ignore them, and the collective energy spent writing them is somewhat wasted.

So I say: let a standalone word suffice, whenever possible. Save emphasis for appropriate moments.



> somewhat wasted


Sounds like a lost Cheech & Chong movie, right?




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