Vimeo CEO says not using adverbs helps put the focus on customers—here’s why he thinks it helps companies to not ‘lose ... Amazon has long been known for its unique leadership practices, ...

The refrain goes like this: Adverbs bad. Don’t use adverbs. They mess up your prose and smush up your point. Kill all adverbs. Adverbs bad. Really bad. (No, wait. Nix that “really.”) Adverbs ...

Adverbs can modify whole sentences. There’s a myth that it’s wrong to say, “Hopefully, I’ll win the lottery” because it suggests that you will in fact win the lottery and you’ll do so ...

Many celebrated stylists think so. Crime writer Elmore Leonard, who died last week, observed in his 10 rules of writing that using an adverb was almost always a "mortal sin." William Zinsser, author ...

I am gladly, fully, openly in support of adverbs. Despite our democratic ideals, schoolchildren throughout America learn that not all words are created equal: Nouns and verbs make sense of the ...

Consider two sentences, one with an adverb and the other an active verb: “He closed the door firmly.” “He slammed the door.” If you’re Stephen King, you like the second and hate the ...

By far the most common adverb was “finally,” which showed up nearly 1500 times. Behind it fall “additionally” and then “interestingly.” Because science is interesting, people.

Vimeo CEO says not using adverbs helps put the focus on customers—here’s why he thinks it helps companies to not ‘lose their way ... and it centered around a unique policy against using adverbs.