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

[junediamanti]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Kirstini" <kirst_inn at y...> 
wrote:
> 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.
> *******
> '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.
> *******
> 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

They would if I was hiring... - and you'd get paid...

<g>

June