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"Struggled mightily"

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by clutchcargo, Nov 12, 2012.

  1. mediaguy

    mediaguy Well-Known Member

    Hurculean. Like Hurcules.
     
  2. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    "More importantly" drives me crazy. "More important" is correct.
    Otherwise you're pointing to the verb, not the action you're trying to emphasize.
     
  3. joe

    joe Active Member

    Strunk & White. They be your friends, yo.
     
  4. rpmmutant

    rpmmutant Member

    Struggling lazily = welfare queens. Struggling mightily = millionaire small business owners.
     
  5. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Nice find.
     
  6. mediaguy

    mediaguy Well-Known Member

    I think the "more importantly" works as an adverb when used as an introductory phrase.

    More importantly, the win gave the Tigers a share of the division lead.

    Unfortunately, the loss eliminated the Twins from playoff consideration.

    Essentially, the man's grammatical hangups were an overreaction.
     
  7. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    This brings up a myriad of most importantly issues that I struggle mightily on the horns of a dilemma with.
     
  8. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    bit.ly just punched a wall and doesn't know why.
     
  9. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    After one certain basketball game, I decided to substitute for the phrase "struggled mightily" with "couldn't hit the broad side of a barn".
     
  10. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    That's an oxymoron as well. If someone is a millionaire business owner, how small can the business possibly be?

    Unless, of course, you are talking about Mom and Pap's grocer owner who just won the lottery.
     
  11. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    No, it doesn't. That's the problem.

    The adverbs modify the verbs. And only the verbs. The writer means "more important" but creates a problem by turning it into an adverb.
     
  12. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    I always "muggle strightily."
     
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