Adverbs can be your friends WAS: Re: The Return of Tom Swift

[Kirstini]

I was rereading PoA in the bath last night with the adverb thread in 
mind, when this little gem jumped out at me. And then made me cringe 
somewhat.
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'There was nothing woolly about the Grim in that cup!' said Ron, 
hotly.
 'You didn't seem so sure when you were telling Harry it was a 
sheep,' said Hermione, coolly.
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Why did she do that? Why didn't anyone stop her? I quite like 
adverbs, and often I like JKR's adverbs. But there are certain things 
which should be stopped, and using "hotly" and "coolly" in the same 
area without making any sort of point out of it is one of them.
I haven't got very much to do at the moment. Do you think if I went 
round to Bloomsbury and offered my services as an editor for Book 6 
for free they'd take me?
Kirstini