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      Three editions of Strunk & White (1959, 1972, 1979) contain an objection to the indiscriminate use of certainly as an intensive. The admonition carries no specific examples and is vaguely worded; it is not very clear what the usage to be avoided is. However, as this is an issue surviving from the 1920s and 1930s, we can get a more definite idea from older sources. Jensen 1935 objects to "we certainly had a good time" and Whipple 1924 to "it is certainly true" and "we will certainly do so." We also have a couple of newspaper clippings from the 1930s that say about the same thing. If you look at the expressions objected to, you can easily understand why this is a dead issue. The expressions are perfectly standard in speech and are common enough in writing:
      This is certainly true in the case of medicine —T. R. McConnell, AAUP Bulletin, September 1969
      I would certainly like to work in journalism for a while —James Brady, quoted in Book Digest, February 1978
      ... not many persons in the Roman world could have afforded them since they were certainly extremely costly —Times Literary Supp., 18 Dec. 1969
      ... it is certainly true that the set of integers is a subset of itself —Mary P. Dolciani et al., Modern Algebra and Trigonometry, 1973
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