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Note that “plunge” and “plummet” do not take adverbs because what they mean is a
big decrease.
We can say “decreased
considerably/sharply/dramatically/significantly/substantially” or “plunged”, or
“plummeted”.
But, we must not say,
“plummeted considerably/sharply/dramatically/significantly/substantially” or
“plunged considerably/sharply/dramatically/significantly/substantially”
No need to use those two verbs “plunge” and “plummet” with an adverb. Decreased
sharply equals plummeted. They mean the same thing.
Likewise, “rocket” does not take adverbs. So to say increased significantly, rose
sharply, they mean the same thing as rocketed. A big/sharp increase, so no adverbs for
rocketed.
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