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Is it a slip - "wasn't particular interested"?



 
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Is it a slip - "wasn't particular interested"? #1 (permalink) Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:35 pm   Is it a slip - "wasn't particular interested"?
 

From the article -- Women's day

Margaret Thatcher, who ironically wasn't particular interested in women's issues.

Shouldn't it be "particularly interested"?

Also, could we use multiple adverbs the way we have used in this sentence?

Does it sound awkward to ears (or eyes) --

"Margaret Thatcher, who ironically wasn't particularly interested..."?

Could we write this way? --

"Margaret Thatcher - who, ironically, wasn't particularly interested..."
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Is it a slip - "wasn't particular interested"? #2 (permalink) Sun Mar 08, 2009 14:07 pm   Is it a slip - "wasn't particular interested"?
 

Could we write this way? --

"Margaret Thatcher - who, ironically, wasn't particularly interested..."

That's how I would write it. Agreed.
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Is it a slip - "wasn't particular interested"? #3 (permalink) Sun Mar 08, 2009 14:31 pm   Is it a slip - "wasn't particular interested"?
 

Kitosdad wrote:
Agreed.

Hi Bill,

Just for your information (as you are new to this forum) -- you could use the "quote" button to quote a message and then edit it. I have just quoted a part of what you have written in the last message.
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