needless adverbs

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Eliminating needless adverbs streamlines your writing. Omitting these intensifiers makes you sound more credible and businesslike. See how many needless adverbs you can find.

Try to find all 11 words on this board.

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Answer Key for needless adverbs

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Word X Y Direction
ABSOLUTELY  511e
ACTUALLY  211ne
COMPLETELY  41e
DEFINITELY  66ne
EXTREMELY  210n
QUITE  1010w
RATHER  68ne
REALLY  68e
SEVERELY  92w
SOMEWHAT  411ne
VERY  72sw