“Many older adults said they feel positively about their lives,” the New York Times reported recently. That sentence probably sounds as acceptable to you as it did to the Times editors. But what if ...

Mastering adjectives and adverbs is crucial for vivid and engaging writing. Many students struggle with this concept, leading to awkward prose and undermining their credibility. Adjectives describe ...

When I first learned that fans of Taylor Swift called themselves Swifties, I smiled. I knew the word Swiftie in a completely different context. The source of my knowledge is not a glamorous global ...

The word 'even' can be used as an adverb and an adjective. Take a look at some of its uses in this lesson. ‘Even’ is used as an adverb when we want to add emphasis to show that something is surprising ...

You probably noticed this place is called Mount Scary. Well, that’s not because of the mountain. Allow me to explain. Y’see, she’s not just a yeti… she’s a scary yeti. Scary is an adjective. An ...

“This more efficient process will enable us to develop compelling campaigns more frequently.” That evolution is about more than simply adding specificity and more words. Here are four easy tactics to ...

Is there something unforgivably, infuriatingly obfuscatory about the unrestrained use of adjectives and adverbs? Many celebrated stylists think so. Crime writer Elmore Leonard, who died last week, ...

Japanese adjectives conjugate to become adverbs. We can change I adjectives that end with syllable I, such as HAYAI (early), to adverbs by changing the final I to KU. So, HAYAI becomes HAYAKU. If ...

In the modern era of communication, when every word counts–be it in a tweet, a corporate email, or a branding campaign–simplicity is key. Yet, simplicity doesn’t have to mean dullness. Salman Rushdie, ...