Use of the word "very"

Methinks this thread is ending pretty okay.

 

Any thoughts on "methinks" from the gallery?

 

Ithinks methinks isn't useful.

 

21 would very much agree.

 

Verily, mebelieves.

 

"That" has its place, often where people mistakenly use "which."

 

"That" is forever stuck in my vocabulary. Every time I write I have to go back and take about 4/5 of the "that"s out.

 

Anyhoo...

 

I totally disagree with your final concluding sentence. There are a number of adverbs that basically help strengthen stories in general. But it is essentially important to delete ones that do not specifically isolate interesting charicteristics of action. You can do this in a matter of (extraneous measure of time).

 

"some"
The most non-specific word in the English language and a pox on clear, concise writing. Fuck some.

 

And it's a favorite tool of Jay Mariotti to interject controversy in a column when there is none.

 

Jay Mariotti. That would be two useless words.