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pgn
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Spotted a leader in a news item earlier this week that had me wondering what was wrong with it:

 

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Subconsciously (not unconsciously!) something appears to be off with it, don't you think ?

 

"ravaged" would suffice. 

 

Or "rampaged through". 

 

But not "ravaged through", surely?

 

I dunno. 

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..."fire quickly spread through...."?

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... "fire quickly consumed"...?
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Not cool to use an adjective and adverb together....
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@MI5 wrote:
Not cool to use an adjective and adverb together....

So just... "fire spread through"...? 

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That works....
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