Mary Oliver
Poet
"Every adjective and adverb is worth five cents. Every verb is worth fifty cents."
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Adjectives And Adverbs
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Tracy Chevalier
Author
"Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's because older women are more confident, or just that we don't care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum."
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