Adjective Quote by E.B. White

The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place,

— William Strunk, Jr

“Nouns and verbs are the guts of the language. Beware of covering up with adjectives and adverbs.”

— Anonymous

“Nouns and verbs hold the power but syntax casts the spell.”

— Janet Peery

“Words can't describe... shouldn't be in a writer's vocabulary.”

— Mary M. Forbes

“But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every words that serves no function, every long word…

— William Zinsser

You have to write badly in order to write well.

— William Faulkner

I've really tried to strip my writing of as many adjectives and adverbs as I possibly can.

— Erik Larson

“Poor writing is lazy, careless writing, an attempt to communicate without adequate preparation or care. It is writing replete with passive construction, limp verbs,…

— Mark Nichol

I am still studying verbs and the mystery of how they connect nouns. I am more suspicious of adjectives than at any other time…

— Carl Sandburg

It's not hard to write poorly. But to write something good, it has to be revised.

— Joyce Carol Oates

“He made us write papers without using “good,” “bad,” “very,” “like,” or any form of “to be,” and it was the native speakers who…

— James Browning

“Adjectives not susceptible to modifiers are: certain, complete, devoid, empty, entire, essential, everlasting, excellent, external, fatal, final, fundamental, harmless, ideal, immaculate, immortal, impossible, incessant,…

— Harold Evans