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Gulfstream: 19 February 2004

http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i24/24b01301.htm

On adjectives. (Piece misses my favourite line about the (mis)use of adjectives: “Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs. The adjective hasn’t been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place.”—The Elements of Style).

19 February 2004

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