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Just saw this title on CD: "Taking ya gurl to Applebee".
But the answers given to the guy are priceless
I've been reading that thread, and I really want to believe that the OP is a joke because otherwise it's just too sad to think about. Talk about functionally illiterate...
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I wonder how much writing could be improved with fewer adverbs.
Most.
I agree with those who say to remove as many adverbs as possible. When I finish writing something and then go into editing mode, I do a search on "ly " to find the adverbs. Of course you pick up things like "only" and "family", but most of the time, when you find you used an adverb, you can read the sentence with it and without it, and usually, it's better just to lose it.
I've never understood why so many folks have a "thing" against adverbs. Anti-fetish? Is it just because a writing teacher once told you they were "bad"? Adverbs are simply another part of speech. And as with any part of speech, they can be used effectively or ineffectively. But they are not evil.
I've seen many examples in which adverbs are critical to the effect the writer is trying to achieve. And I've seen many examples in which they are abused or overused; but, when that is the case, the writing is typically poor to begin with. It isn't the fault of the adverb. Any part of speech can be abused. I'll bet I could come up with a humdinger that falls flat on its face because verbs or nouns are overused or abused. It's the same kind of thing you hear from certain segments about the evils of the passive verb construction. If passive verbs work in a given example of prose, they work. If they don't they don't. But there is nothing inherently "evil" about passive verbs, either.
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Is it just because a writing teacher once told you they were "bad"? Adverbs are simply another part of speech. And as with any part of speech, they can be used effectively or ineffectively. But they are not evil. 