When informed that technically he was an adjective short, Zavala Haag took a moment and then complied.
Just a few English and Scandinavian doublets coexist in current speech: no and nay, yea and ay, from and fro, rear (i.e., "to bring up") and raise, shirt and skirt (both related to the adjective short), less and loose.
At times, she experiments too much - with alliteration, compound adjectives and short verbless sentences - and in so doing her book becomes an engine of self-delight, a work of exhibitionism: look at me! Yet, once she relaxes into her style, the exuberance and magical readability of her narrative compels the suspension of all critical judgment.
A list of 30 different adjectives or short descriptions of personality traits was given to each respondent and they were asked to allocate the most appropriate figure to each of them independently.
I had remembered '…and the rooks came out of the elms like bits of black paper,' in 'The Key to My Heart,' but not 'A soft owl flew over the lane.' The short adjective, instead of the expected adverb, is art itself, and makes a place and a mood and a time of day, an entire scene, out of seven words…This is what we're looking for in the fiction line.
FOP was measured by the Fear of Pain Questionnaire and subjective stress by the Short Adjective Check List.
Most subjects require only one or two short adjectives, and if you find yourself stringing on too many, consider spreading the whole thing into a paragraph.
There is no need to use hyphens with most compound adjectives, where the meaning is clear and unambiguous without: civil rights movement, financial services sector, work inspection powers, etc. Hyphens should, however, be used to form short compound adjectives, eg two-tonne vessel, three-year deal, 19th-century artist.
It wasn't, in short, the only adjective available and I had no interest in being confined by it.
I try to stick to short and unobtrusive adjectives whenever I can.
If you made a short list of adjectives describing your child, would you paint a portrait of someone you admire?
