: Re: Is there any difference between these two sentences? (Adverbs) I'm just trying to work around the whole "Adverbs are the devil" rule. Is there any difference between these two lines in regards

If you prefer action over static images, the first one has an actor taking action -- smiling in a certain way, in the just-happened past tense. "He smiled..."

The second one is a description of a static, past tense picture, "he had a ... smile on..."

But you can avoid the adverb issue if you want to:

"He smiled at them, a patronizing smile showing no teeth..." -- for example

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: Maybe you could name them as John1 and John2: "Hi, I'm John." John1 said. "No, I'm John." John2 said. Or maybe First John and Second John. "Hi, I'm John." First John said. "No, I'm

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: Re: Is there any difference between these two sentences? (Adverbs) I'm just trying to work around the whole "Adverbs are the devil" rule. Is there any difference between these two lines in regards

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: Maybe you could name them as John1 and John2: "Hi, I'm John." John1 said. "No, I'm John." John2 said. Or maybe First John and Second John. "Hi, I'm John." First John said. "No, I'm

: Including a real event in a story I was thinking about writing a short story depicting a real event that took place over 2000 years ago. I'm not using any real person, but I am using the

: How much should I pay the copyright holder for the right to translate a book and sell copies? Suppose I'm a local publisher. If I want to translate a book, print it and sell translated copies,

: How would mushroom call mycellium home? I'm wondering for some time.. How would mushrooms fruiting body call it own mycelium? Imagine you're that fruiting body and after releasing your spores

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