If the adverb conveys important information, it belongs there; if it doesn't (such as "really", "just", "actually" and other hedges), it might be a verbal fluffball that is best omitted altogether.
As for the whaleboat management secrets of Captain Ahab, Melville was coy: "But what it was that inscrutable Ahab said to that tiger-yellow crew of his these were words best omitted here; for you live under the blessed light of the evangelical land".
When all else fails, it is best to omit a note to ease a particularly awkward stretch, Ms. Golandsky said in a seminar, acknowledging that such advice "is heresy in our industry".
It showed not nearly enough of his best canvases, omitting important pictures belonging to Gabrielle Chanel, Virgil Thomson, and Horst P. Horst... Ordinarily the Tate Gallery of London automatically takes as visiting shows all the Modern Museum exhibitions, and is especially interested in those of French art.
We all have a tendency to position ourselves in the best light, omitting any details that may be bad for our image.
Aware that he was meant to be delivering Universal a PG-13 rating, Jackson tried his best to omit the amount of graphic violence as much as possible, but the MPAA still believed The Frighteners deserved an R rating.
Teaching requires knowing what to leave out, what counts as superfluous detail and accuracy: 'he who knows best what to omit is the best teacher' and so 'to remember simplified pictures is better than to forget accurate figures' (Neurath 1933/1973, 220 and 1945a, 440).
As well as art criticism, he led a number of social investigations and Scott later wrote that Whiteing was 'the best, shortest and (word omitted) descriptive writer we have ever had'.
Unfortunately, a critical element of the BEST Act has been omitted from the bipartisan Senate draft bill.
England omitted Jack Russell, their best wicketkeeper, and also David Gower, perhaps their best player of spin.
Many were shocked by the fact that Selma was largely snubbed in the big categories, with Ava DuVernay omitted from the best director shortlist and David Oyelowo from the best actor category.
