The breakdown of our language, evident in the misuse, i. e. , the misunderstanding of nouns and adjectives, is most grave, though perhaps not so conspicuous, in the handling of prepositions, those modest little connectives that hold the parts of a phrase or a sentence together. They are the joints of any language, what make it, literally, articulate.
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something.
When we put words together - adjective with noun, noun with verb, verb with object - we start to talk to each other.
Cuisine has become too complicated - this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce.
Purity of action guided Janis's behavior. If she was going to be good, she was very, very good. If she was going to be bad, she let all the stops out. Anything less than full commitment to an idea of activity was 'hypocritical', the worst adjective anyone could hurl at another.
It is amusing to detect character in the vocabulary of each person. The adjectives habitually used, like the inscriptions on a thermometer, indicate the temperament.
But the adjectives change,” said Jimmy. “Nothing’s worse than last year’s adjectives.
The adjective 'decent' and the noun 'government' have seldom come together in the human history!
Normal" isn't an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular.
Avoid the ecstatic adjectives that occupy such disproportionate space in every critic's quiver - words like "enthralling" and "luminous. "
Bad sign when the thought of your x-girlfriend sends you reeling in a search for new adjectives to describe stupidity and thoughtlessness?
Adjective salad is delicious, with each element contributing its individual and unique flavor; but a puree of adjective soup tastes yecchy.
Christian' makes a poor adjective
His voice was low, charged with unspeakable adjectives.
I know I look good. The regular adjectives that come my way - sexy, hot, dusky, bong bombshell I love them.
Whoever has power takes over the noun - and the norm - while the less powerful get an adjective.
The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.
Destroy the Museums. Crack syntax. Sabotage the adjective. Leave nothing but the verb.
Invisible, repetitive, exhausting, unproductive, uncreative - these are the adjectives which most perfectly capture the nature of housework.
Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives