I'm a little unhappy with this hierarchical approach to the parts of speech.
Sure, within a class context a teacher might want to (a) prune out an
overgrowth of adjectives or whatever or (b) shore up his or her status as a
proper writer by providing sharp edged "rules". But out in the wild I can
see this kind of thinking cutting out all sorts of possibilities. Doesn't
the fact that advertising copy routinely follows such rules bother anyone?
Remember the vorticists? Shouting may make one heard but it doesn't
necessarily make one want to listen. There are things that cannot be said in
a bellow.
best
Randolph Healy
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From: "Andrew Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: re tired tropes
> >A verb is worth a thousand adjectives...Socrates
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> Wonderful.
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> & how many verbs is a noun worth? I start the bidding at three. (For me,
> they are close in the power stakes.)
>
> Andrew
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