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Oh yes, please say said 🙂
And definitely no more opined which I have just read in a book and almost made me throw it across the room…
I think all rules are made to be broken. Yes, it’s risible when speech is tagged by too many different tags but I do think the occasional ‘whispered’ or ‘murmured’ adds texture. It’s like adverbs. I hunt down and exterminate most of mine but I believe a few earn their place.
I tried to post this comment on the Book2Book website but it seems to be throwing a wobbler.
Thanks for coming over. I think whisper is a valuable word – it’s an economical way of conveying a certain kind of lowered voice and you’re right about texture, murmur is onomatopoeic…add in a touch of alliteration…moist murmur and who needs a sound track?
Yep, rules are meant to be broken, but I suppose their real value is that they get us thinking about what we do and why.