Don’t love ‘actually’We all overuse actually, as actually noticed by reader Ken Friedman. Nearly everyone does it in conversation, just as many people these days end sentences with “right?” But that doesn’t mean it is good writing. Our WSJ financial columnist Jason Zweig wrote two years ago on actually, and why he hates adverbs in general. “It’s quite a harsh word; it should not apply to every negative statement or comment.”The overuse is about more than just clichéd writing. ● Wargame, cyber wargame.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 03, 2019 18:59 UTC