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Slide witty 49 Posted 5 years ago
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Is this a compliment and also worded properly

You, my love, are quintessentially beautiful.

  

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No. The fifty-cent adverb there does not go well with such a general adjective as "beautiful". She could be quintessentially Latina or ginger.

  • No.
  • The fifty-cent adverb there does not go well with such a general adjective as "beautiful".
  • She could be quintessentially Latina or ginger.
  • And anyhow, it is better not to qualify it because that limits it.
  • She is just plain beautiful, isn't she?
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No. The fifty-cent adverb there does not go well with such a general adjective as "beautiful". She could be quintessentially Latina or ginger. And anyhow, it is better not to qualify it because that limits it. She is just plain beautiful, isn't she?

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