Lord of the Rings
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I truly wish people would stop with all the superlatives.
"Truly" and "greatest" don't work together. Subjective opinion and truth are mutually exclusive.
And, a game that requires a commitment of at least a half hour to press Start? Then everything doesn't fall together, again, as usual, are you ready to try again and fall short again? Some "greatest!"
You meant it as emphasis. I get it. But "greatest" is already emphatic, so it didn't need further qualification.
Unnecessary adverbs are just bad writing, as any writer will tell you.
I truly hope you have a very very super duper day.
Quoted from FarFromHeaven26:Thanks Dan. I have moderated and extensively written for a film, opera, classical music, theater and children's book blogsite for eleven years (wondersinthedark.wordpress.com; Sam Juliano) and am a 63 year-old veteran English literature and creative writing instructor for 35 years. To YOU those words were "unnecessary" as they didn't conform to your sentiments of the machine or for some reason rubbed you wrong. What any writer of worth will tell you each scribe has their own way of expression, and in this case it seems every single respondent except YOU seems to understand the question I asked and the deliberate hyperbole I was hoping they either confirm or reject. If I ask if anything is "truly" the greatest I am basically trying to find out for the pinball advocates on this post if they think the term is warranted or if it is falsely applied. I thought my mode of expression here was rather obvious. I am so sorry my style isn't your cup of tea, but I do still wish you a fabulous, buffo, extraordinary, productive, spirited and soulful weekend, maybe perhaps the greatest ever for you!
You are new here, so I guess you're not sick of how common hype is on this forum the way I am. I still don't see how "truly the greatest" means anything other than "the greatest" plus hype, unless you were worried about someone naming their "falsely the greatest" title.
Guess I'm touchy about true vs false for the last 16 months or so for some reason...
Wow, this guy (OP) is even more full of himself than I am.
How about: No, LOTR is neither the greatest nor truly the greatest. I still say those mean the same thing and that the "truly" meant nothing, as opposed to your long winded and repetitive defense of it, which spoke volumes.
As I did explain, in case you missed it when my minor complaint raised your ire. (How dare I question a, a... BLOGGER?) Too long, too much commitment required, too much work.
Hey, just like the movies!
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