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Old 08-Oct-2008, 15:13
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Default The following sentence contains no adjective or adverb errors:

The following sentence contains no adjective or adverb errors

This car was custom-made; it's very unique.
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Default Re: The following sentence contains no adjective or adverb errors:

One very common error: You cannot modify "unique." Although you will often see it and hear it otherwise, unique is unique. It cannot be very unique or really unique or quite unique. Simply unique.

It is a unique situation!
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