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Say the following three sentences to yourself. Once, as they are written here, and then without the adverbs (boldfaced). Notice how and if the meaning changes and try to articulate that change. What is the effect of the presence of the adverb?
Interestingly, not a single child was able to remember what color shirt the parent who dropped them off at the Center was wearing.
It was actually three weeks before they returned to the valley again.
The harsh truth was appallingly apparent.
Yeah. I didn't miss them either.
Say the following three sentences to yourself. Once, as they are written here, and then without the adverbs (boldfaced). Notice how and if the meaning changes and try to articulate that change. What is the effect of the presence of the adverb?
Interestingly, not a single child was able to remember what color shirt the parent who dropped them off at the Center was wearing.
It was actually three weeks before they returned to the valley again.
The harsh truth was appallingly apparent.
Yeah. I didn't miss them either.