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QuillingQuillQuiller
05-26-2008, 06:55 AM
It's been totally destroyed.

Totally, it's been destroyed.

It looks similar but different. Do you agree?

Maeve
05-26-2008, 01:01 PM
The second version is "Valley" English. I don't recommend it.

Traxius
05-26-2008, 02:07 PM
It would be better to leave off 'totally.' There's no difference between destroyed and totally destroyed.

It's been destroyed.

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Rio
05-26-2008, 09:37 PM
Totally, it was destroyed. Sounds weird. Would anyone talk or write this way? I guess the meaning is similar, however.

I agree with Traxius. So many of us fall in to the trap of using a word like "totally" when it really isn't needed. Destroyed does it.

QuillingQuillQuiller
05-28-2008, 05:15 AM
Thanks for the informative answers and hints, everyone.
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On the contrary and contrarily.

I found a problem with the contrarily usage, it trapped the meaning of my statements almost every time.

On the contrary:
He knows. On the contrary, she doesn't (know).

Contrarily: (Which one is the right one?)
He knows but she contrarily doesn't know.
He knows but she contrarily knows.
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May we write:
... but contrarily she ... ?

If we may, then which one is the right one?
He knows but contrarily she doesn't know.
He knows but contrarily she knows.

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All refers for "he knows, she doesn't know."

Thanks before.