Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site isieng.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!pesnta!pyramid!isieng!phil From: phil@isieng.UUCP (Phil Gustafson) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Adjectives, sentence structure, etc. Message-ID: <201@isieng.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 21:09:07 EST Article-I.D.: isieng.201 Posted: Wed Jan 22 21:09:07 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jan-86 05:40:10 EST References: <48@druri.UUCP> Reply-To: phil@isieng.UUCP (Phil Gustafson) Organization: Integrated Solutions, San Jose, CA Lines: 9 Keywords: Teacher, train thyself >From: Lynn Gold >Rather than tell you why you *should* use less adjectives and more >verbs, let me show you an example: ^^^^ say 'fewer' Your point is fine, but the incorrect word choice makes it a lot less convincing. phil