Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. The “rules” under which hyphens are used to connect multiple modifiers, like “well(-)known man,” are ...
Our discussion of flat adverbs continues today as we, firstly, add more examples. I hope you remember what flat adverbs are: those that do not carry -ly. Rather, they have the same forms as adjectives ...
Adverbs are great, right? They let you describe how an action went down — whether it was walking quickly or sleeping soundly or yelling loudly. But if adverbs are so great, why do editors like me ...