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- You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analagous to a good country breakfast: what we want… — Larry McMurtry
- Never use an adverb to modify the verb 'said' . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or… — Elmore Leonard
- The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long… — William Zinsser
- A relativist is an individual who doesn't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb. — Bill Gaede
- I don't really know what an adverb is. A dangling participle? That sounds really rude. I don't know what character is, really.… — Colum McCann
- Words are like that, they deceive, they pile up, it seems they do not know where to go, and, suddenly, because of… — Jose Saramago
- Frankly, I wonder who Frank was, and why he has an adverb all to himself. — Jodi Picoult
- Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and… — Joseph Heller
- Saw you walking barefoot taking a long look at the new moon's eyelid later spread sleep-fallen, naked in your dark hair asleep… — Adrienne Rich
- No worries, Atticus. I will snarf surreptitiously. And I should get bacon, because my adverb was two syllables longer than yours, plus… — Kevin Hearne
- Surely: the adverb of a man without an argument. — Edward St Aubyn
- I've always loved the flirtatious tango of consonants and vowels, the sturdy dependability of nouns and capricious whimsy of verbs, the strutting… — Dennis Miller