Mark Twain supposedly said:
Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'. Your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'. Your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
[1] https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:William_Allen_White
[2] "It is a very important factor that he must weigh soberly ..."
Not to mention that giving people credit is always laudable and should be done much more, not less.
That to me makes the whole quoting one liners format useless if the quote doesn't stand on its own(except when it's used ironically?)