Tricky Writing Problem

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1

<p>Is there anything wrong with the underlined portion?</p>

<p>Local hotels have been almost totally destroyed by the earthquake, so lodging is difficult to find.</p>

<p>The book says its no error but isn’t “almost totally” redundant and contradicting in a grammatically incorrect way?</p>

2

<p>Nope. “almost” modifies “totally” in a grammatical and logical way.</p>

3

<p>No, it’s not redundant. Almost totally and totally are completely different things. There’s no contradiction.</p>