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5 Adverbs
They are expressive when used as intensifiers, e.g horribly smart, terribly polite, awfully
pleased, frightfully charming, to love fearfully (awfully). They give a colloquial touch. They
are expressive because here we find two incompatible/contrasted words put together. We call
such construction oxymoron. Also, degrees of comparison may be violated, e.g weller instead
of better.
6 Numerals
On the whole, not expressive but become emphatic when used in exxageration (I've been
away for 300 years) or when used independently, standing for a person, e.g You are a
beautiful twenty (twenty for age).
7 Verbs and tenses
Tenses so called The Historical Present
It coincides with present simple. Normally in a fiction, the narrative is in the past (Once upon
a time there lived), but occassionally, the author may swift over present tense, describing still
past events. In this way, he creates the illusion of things happening at the present moment.
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