: Re: Are compound verbs frowned upon? After finding out that adverbs were, to use hyperbole, about equivalent to a death wish for the quality of a piece, I was wondering about other bits and pieces

Everything is permissible, not everything is beneficial.

There is no one to say if writing a certain way not forbidden by rules of grammar books is right or wrong.

If you wish to see if words feel "natural" (I suppose this is what you want), then I recommend stopping. Wait a day, not thinking of what you have written. Look at your manuscript. Don't think about what it says, actually read it. I guarantee, anything that made you feel like a master wordsmith while writing will make you feel like a blasted fool when reading. If anything looks off, remove it, let another take its place. Repeat until you are sick of it.

As for verbs, if it is not in your dictionary, hyphenate it. If it looks "wrong" when re-reading, change it to what you feel is "right".

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