“I have to be firm on this: unique is not to be modified. Adding very or absolutely is like putting a propeller on a rabbit to make him hop better. It won't work, and he won't be a rabbit anymore.”

—  Roy Blount Jr.

Alphabet Juice (2008), p. 323.

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