Pope Francis often uses his homilies to rally against the world's evils such as greed, violence and hatred. But this week he lashed out at a rather more peculiar sin - the overuse of adjectives. In a ...

Pope Francis has told people to stop using adjectives to describe all things Christian, urging people to remember “the strength of nouns”. The Pope said in a speech that churches should not be ...

Speaker 1: (TO AUDIENCE) When we write even a very simple sentence, it's important that it can be read clearly. Speaker 2: (TO OTHER PEOPLE) What do you think of this? 'Friends and neighbours, please ...

Mastering adjectives and adverbs is crucial for vivid and engaging writing. Many students struggle with this concept, leading to awkward prose and undermining their credibility. Adjectives describe ...

The answer is they were all invented by William Shakespeare in order to add detail to his scripts. When the exact word he wanted wasn’t available, he would quite often combine verbs and nouns to ...