Sentences with phrase «called adverbs»

The novelist Graham Greene — a master of lean, mean prose — called adverbs «beastly».

not whining, hypocrit... just pointing out you call someone an idiot with one line, then say no one deserves to be treated bad (ly)(badly... it's called an adverb)

Not exact matches

With that in mind, your calls to action should create a sense of urgency using powerful verbs and strategically placed adverbs.

Generally, it is believed that the word «madrasa» has been derived from an Arabic infinitive «Dars» meaning «to study» and madrasa being an adverb of place, carries the meaning of, place of studies or the place of learning; however there were places in the pre-Islamic Arabic known to the Jews called «Midrash».

Unfortunately, writers get so many stupid so - called rules about adverb use, «show, don't tell», proactive protagonists, character change, never using prologues and flashbacks, and so on rammed down their throats until, like young recruits at army boot camp, they break and conform.

We seemed to be unanimous that the «adverb» method of persuasion, e.g. «clearly, obviously» is ineffective and can adversely affect credibility by emphasizing the obvious nature of something to a judge, or by perhaps understating a complex rule by calling it «obvious.»

In On Language, William Safire calls redundant adverbs «adverbial lapel - grabbers.»