When you catch an adjective, kill it.
The title is a quote from Mark Twain. But in a piece from The New York Times, Ben Yagoda elaborates at length on the history of the words that modify nouns.
“Kicking things off with adjectives is a little like starting a kids’ birthday party with the broccoli course.”
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Wholehearted agreement. 🙂
jb says: I understand, I don’t like broccoli either.