Thursday, December 10, 2020

Matters of style …

 … BY THEIR EPITHETS SHALL YE KNOW THEM. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The right adjective—in other words, the adjective that subverts our expectations and stands in tension with the noun—can be the shining pebble that enlivens the whole sentence.footnote6 And there is nothing better than an adverb or an adjective for teasing out comic implications.
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  1. Frank Wilson9:39 AM

    Well, you certainly shouldn't depend on them. But they have their uses from time to time.

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