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Adjective issue

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  • MorbidMaidenMorbidMaiden
    Hi guys! I have an excercise for my homework and I'm struggling. I need to write a 200 word piece about a house, using only ONE adjective and no adverbs. I have no idea how to start this off. Any ideas? Thanks!!
  • heatherheather
    If I tried to do this avoiding adjectives/adverbs as I went along I would really struggle, so I would start writing as normal, ignoring the restrictions. Then go back through and wherever you have an adjective or adverb try and replace the adjective+noun or adverb+verb with just one, better noun or verb.
    e.g.
    big house = mansion
    slowly walking = rambling.
    Then worry about the word count at the end!
  • ambolineamboline
    That sounds like a very good suggestion to me.
  • doradora
    Sound advice there heather, thanks.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Huh???
  • DwightDwight
    You can choose how you deal with the house too, MM. A straight description of what is downstairs and upstairs, or its situation in surroundings, or who is living there or what happens there. Choosing an ordinary common house would be easier to avoid adjectives.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Er ... she asked back in 2007.
  • doradora
    It was me raised this post as it had something about adjectives/adverbs in it. I wanted to thank heather.

    Sorry for any confusion.
  • heatherheather
    Well, it was very kind of you to do so, dora!
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