its often a gesture on the writer's part that they're afraid the audience won't get it.
I think perhaps you don't need to explain that to *this* audience.
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Steph L. - Feb 28, 2012 5:49:27 pm PST #18037 of 28281
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Amy - Feb 28, 2012 5:58:50 pm PST #18038 of 28281
Because books.
I think perhaps you don't need to explain that to *this* audience.
This.
DavidS - Feb 28, 2012 6:04:40 pm PST #18039 of 28281
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm only repeating Mr. King's complaint. And since this audience is reluctant to part with their adverbs it did seem worth saying.
Amy - Feb 28, 2012 6:07:44 pm PST #18040 of 28281
Because books.
And since this audience is reluctant to part with their adverbs it did seem worth saying.
You said you weren't advocating abolishing them completely, like your poetry teacher. And most of us -- I thought -- said that we know overuse of them is lazy and bad writing, but that we're okay with using them occasionally. It's a non-argument.
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2012 6:08:31 pm PST #18041 of 28281
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm only repeating Mr. King's complaint.
Nonsense. You weren't *only* repeating his complaint; you prefaced it by asking, I assume not rhetorically:
Do people not get why there's an objection to reliance on adverbs?
And then spelling it out for your audience (via Mr. King), who already got it.
And since this audience is reluctant to part with their adverbs
Different people like different shit.
DavidS - Feb 28, 2012 6:09:52 pm PST #18042 of 28281
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And most of us -- I thought -- said that we know overuse of them is lazy and bad writing, but that we're okay with using them occasionally. It's a non-argument.
That wasn't my sense of it at all. Jilli disagreed directly. As did Connie. Tep's objection was more than a minor demurrer. Your stance was more mediated but that wasn't the tenor of it.
Amy - Feb 28, 2012 6:12:46 pm PST #18043 of 28281
Because books.
Jilli certainly didn't say she wanted to use them with abandon. And we were all responding to your teacher's opinion no one should ever use them.
I like adverbs sometimes. And that's all I have left to say on this, I think. Except what Tep said:
Different people like different shit.
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2012 6:13:10 pm PST #18044 of 28281
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Of all my faults, I think that liking adverbs is the one I am perhaps least ashamed of.
Seriously, what the hell? Who cares if someone likes adverbs?
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2012 6:13:55 pm PST #18045 of 28281
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Except what Tep said:
I was quoting our own Jesse, wise woman that she is.
Amy - Feb 28, 2012 6:14:52 pm PST #18046 of 28281
Because books.
Jesse is wise! She gave me a character name tonight!
Jesse wins the internets. Victoriously.