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To: DFG

Too many adjectives. I hate this writing style.


3 posted on 12/31/2021 7:23:34 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: Fido969

I swear my English teacher counted the adjectives....and you needed 30 in a paragraph just for a “C”.


5 posted on 12/31/2021 7:27:38 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Fido969

“Too many adjectives. I hate this writing style.”

You are correct. Note:

“five-person-strong team”

Reads like something from HR.


20 posted on 12/31/2021 8:42:34 AM PST by alternatives?
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To: Fido969
Too many adjectives.

And most of them are hyphenated-Americanisms.

25 posted on 12/31/2021 12:23:12 PM PST by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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