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kuben123

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Out of the blue, he appeared at our doorstep. After many years of prolonged absence, we greeted him with boundless affection. Flabbergasted by the repetitive hugs and kisses that rained on him, he was speechless and spellbound. Oh! How we missed this "Goliath of Wits", for without which our lives would have been stale and lifeless!

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I'll start: there is one question mark too many.

Please post your sentences in the Editing & Writing Topics forum in future.
 

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The American writer Mark Twain said "Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very'; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." The same can be said of adjectives. Use them sparingly.
 

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Out of the blue, he appeared at our doorstep. After many years of prolonged absence, we greeted him with boundless affection. Flabbergasted by the repetitive hugs and kisses that rained on him, he was speechless and spellbound. Oh! How we missed this "Goliath of Wits", for without which our lives would have been stale and lifeless!

Perhaps:

He appeared at our doorstep unexpectedly.


Most of those sentences make no sense. "After many years of prolonged absence" doesn't really modify anything, although that is its intention. Hugs and kisses do not rain on people. (Apparently, the visitor was surprised at the affection shown to him.) For the last sentence, try:

Oh, how we had missed him....​

Are there any errors?

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When out of the blue after many years of absence he appeared at our doorstep, we greeted him with boundless affection. Flabbergasted by the hugs and kisses rained upon him, he was speechless and spellbound. Oh! how we missed this "Goliath of Wits,"without whom our lives would have been stale and lifeless!

This looks right?
 

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When, out of the blue and after many years of absence, he appeared at our doorstep, we greeted him with boundless affection. Flabbergasted by the hugs and kisses rained upon him, he was speechless and spellbound. Oh! how we missed this "Goliath of Wits", without whom our lives would have been stale and lifeless!

Does this [strike]looks[/strike] look right?

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One last time.

When out of the blue after many years of absence, he appeared at our doorstep, we greeted him with boundless affection.

OK.

Flabbergasted by the hugs and kisses rained upon him, he was speechless and spellbound.

So he was surprised by the affection shown to him? Were they strangers to each other? Since it is much more likely that they knew each other well, that sentence makes no sense. Why would he be flabbergasted? Or did you just want to use that word?



Oh! how we had missed this "Goliath of Wits", without whom our lives had been stale and lifeless.

Kuben123, you are too stubborn. When somebody says something makes no sense there is a reason for it.
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