You probably noticed this place is called Mount Scary. Well, that’s not because of the mountain. Allow me to explain. Y’see, she’s not just a yeti… she’s a scary yeti. Scary is an adjective. An ...

The handsome, articulate, intelligent man wore a bright green midriff peasant blouse. Not really. No intelligent person would do that. But I offer up this sentence not as an example of fashion sense ...

In advertising, companies typically attempt to describe brand benefits that appeal to targeted customers. Messages that center on product advantages naturally lead to routine use of adjectives in ...

The mark of fluent English-language writers or speakers is the way they effortlessly do away with words mandated by formal grammar — which only impede the quick delivery of their ideas. Nonnative ...

Pope Francis has had enough of: adjectives. "I am allergic to those words," he said in a speech to the Vatican communications team. One adjective in particular—"authentic"—was the focus of his ...