In defense of the humble adverb

Colin Dickey takes on usage mavens from Strunk to Zinsser on behalf of a maligned part of speech: "Haranguing against the adverb is a cheap, easy piece of advice, one that offers a mechanical solution to the abstract question of good writing. Adverb hatred attacks a symptom, rather than a cause. Creative writing teachers tell beginning writers to avoid adverbs because, on some level, bad imitations of Hemingway are easier to slog through than bad imitations of Proust."

June 6, 2016

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