Tag: Stephen King

  • I Truly, Madly, Deeply Hate ‘Deeply’

    I Truly, Madly, Deeply Hate ‘Deeply’

    I don’t use Heartlands to rant much, right? O yeah, there was that time. But, listen, there’s a new rhetorical bugaboo I need to brood about. I’m deeply concerned about ‘deeply.’ It’s not so much the adverb’s connection to words like ‘grateful’ and phrases like ‘I love you.’  It’s particularly problematic when it worms its…