"Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective."

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Rather, very, little, pretty - these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words. The constant use of the adjective little (except to indicate size) is particularly debilitating; we should all try to do a little better, we should all be very watchful of this rule, for it is a rather important one, and we are pretty sure to violate it now and then.

— William Strunk, Jr.