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Usage of 'mortally' #1 (permalink) Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:56 am   Usage of 'mortally'		  
I am mortally surprised.

How does this line sound to you? Is it OK to say so? Please help.
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Usage of 'mortally' #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:33 am   Usage of 'mortally'		  
Hi Daemon

That sounds awkward to my ear. 'Mortally' is used in a few extremely typical collocations, so maybe that's the only reason that 'mortally surprised' sounds odd to me.

These would sound very typical to me:
- mortally afraid
- mortally wounded
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Usage of 'mortally' #3 (permalink) Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:44 am   Usage of 'mortally'		  
Hi, Amy

Does it sound "poetic" to you ?
I know that poets resort to weird collocations to make special effects, but at the same time some weird collocations are just plain mistakes by non-native speakers. So which is it?
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