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When you catch an adjective, kill it.

john baker, March 14th, 2007. One comment. Filed under miscellaneous, quotations, writing.

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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One Response to “When you catch an adjective, kill it.”

  1. Robert says:
    15th March 2007 at 4:30 pm

    Wholehearted agreement. 🙂

    jb says: I understand, I don’t like broccoli either.