"Struggled mightily"

[Mark2010]

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

 

[Mark2010]

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

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.

 

[Riptide]

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.

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.

 

[Starman]

I always "muggle strightily."

 

[JRoyal]

Darn Muggles.

 

[CD Boogie]

If you want to find examples of bad writing, you will not struggle mightily to find them in the sports section.