When you catch an adjective, kill it.

Mar 14, 2007 in asides, quotations, writing

The title is a quote from Mark Twain. But in this 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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  1. Robert

    Mar 15th, 2007 at 4:30 pm

    Wholehearted agreement. :)

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

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