In The Elements of Legal Style and On Writing quoted above, Garner and King give some examples of strong / picturesque verbs that obviate the need to use
modifying adverbs.
Officially — which means, in my humble opinion — «best - selling» should be hyphenated because you are linking
a modifying adverb that doesn't end in «ly.»
Not exact matches
They can be used as
adverbs, nouns, or to
modify a noun.
Adverbs, to the uninitiated, are words that
modify the meaning of an adjective (in simple terms).
It is an exciting and a practical way for children to learn that
adverbs modify verbs.
This lesson activity requires students to select the
adverb in each sentence and the verb that it
modifies.
Students have to find the
adverb in each Thanksgiving sentence and the verb that it
modifies.
Adverbs are words that modify — usually for emphasis — verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or adverbial p
Adverbs are words that
modify — usually for emphasis — verbs, adjectives, other
adverbs, or adverbial p
adverbs, or adverbial phrases.
But when
adverbs appear repeatedly in legal writing, they greatly inhibit good diction, terribly annoy the reader, and depressingly weaken the words the writer is contrivedly
modifying.
They can
modify verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs.
A recent Wall Street Journal article Lawyers, Judges
Modify the View That
Adverbs Are Mostly Bad, reminded me of how much I hate pronouns... Continue Reading