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Zerox
#418936 Sat, 15 Sep 07 11:17 AM
Is it ok or understanble to use that expression, for example, in a sentence "woefully many people", expressing the idea that the author is sad that so many people do something or act in a certain manner?
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Feebs11
#418990 Sat, 15 Sep 07 01:38 PM
The "woefully" does not relate to the author, but to "many people", and means the
regrettably
high numbers of people doing something or not doing something.
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