You probably noticed this place is called Mount Scary. Well, that’s not because of the mountain. Allow me to explain. Y’see, she’s not just a yeti… she’s a scary yeti. Scary is an adjective. An ...
The word “tempestuous” is defined as being characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion. It is an adjective, ...
“This more efficient process will enable us to develop compelling campaigns more frequently.” That evolution is about more than simply adding specificity and more words. Here are four easy tactics to ...
Consider one of William Strunk’s better pieces of advice in “The Elements of Style”: “Omit needless words.” Now consider this rejoinder from University of Edinburgh Linguistics professor Geoffrey ...
The first sentence of Herman Melville’s classic Moby Dick begins, “Call me Ishmael.” Ishmael may or may not be the narrator’s real name (thank you, CliffsNotes), but Ishmael’s is a self-label. Heck, ...
Ours would be an awfully dull world if we didn’t have adjectives. Adjectives, words that describe or identify a person or thing – the beautiful troll, the syrupy pizza, the purple people-eater – are ...
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