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Tip #368:  ...most frequently used adverbs...

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Tip #368:  Several of the most frequently used adverbs have two forms:

Close, closely
Fair, fairly
Quick, quickly
Slow, slowly
Direct, directly

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Please answer the following question asked by Crystal Sobesky: Is there a writing rule about too many too’s? I feel there is but I don't know where to go. Which sentence is correct? 

1) Shrubs growing too thick and too close to your house can trap moisture, which can ruin your stucco and contribute to foundation problems.

2) Shrubs growing too thick and close to your house can trap moisture, which can ruin your stucco and contribute to foundation problems.

“If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much, and winning is not very exciting.”  (Dïck Vermeil, American Football Coach)

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, author, Lynne Truss The Everything Resume Book by Steven Graber
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction , by William Knowlton Zinsser  The Gregg Reference Manual, by William A. Sabin 
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, White, E. B. White  How to Take the Fog Out of Business Writing, by Robert Gunning, Richard A. Kallan (Contributor) 

More books on business writing and other business subjects  (available from Amazon.com). 

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