Jaggers
Junior Member
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2011
- Member Type
- Other
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- Ireland
- Current Location
- Ireland
Seems our media is always on the look-out for hyperbole, and it's no longer enough to focus on an issue, it needs something more superlative.
"Focus intensely" seems to be accepted but I have recently noticed "focus intensively" being used by media that should be authoritative. The presenter may mean to use "intensely" but can you "focus intensively"?
"Focus intensely" seems to be accepted but I have recently noticed "focus intensively" being used by media that should be authoritative. The presenter may mean to use "intensely" but can you "focus intensively"?