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Can one invent verbs? I want to tell you one: I sky you, so my wings extend so large to love you without measure Picture Quote #1

I love that moment in writing when language falls short. There is something more there. A larger body. Even by the failure of words I begin to detect its dimensions. As I work the prose, shift the verbs, look for new adjectives, a different rhythm, syntax, something new begins to come to the surface Picture Quote #1

Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important arrow in the rhetorical quiver. After all, it exists for a reason Picture Quote #1

We spend most of our lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do Picture Quote #1

He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the page Picture Quote #1

Autumn teaches us that fruition is also death; that ripeness is a form of decay. The willows, having stood for so long near water, begin to rust. Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons Picture Quote #1

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Pick a better verb. Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an A-bomb Picture Quote #1

You know what would help the instruction form? Verbs! Verbs would be nice! Because they help you get to the end of a thought! Picture Quote #1

His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action Picture Quote #1

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Can one invent verbs? I want to tell you one: I sky you, so my wings extend so large to love you without measure (Verbs Quotes) I love that moment in writing when language falls short. There is something more there. A larger body. Even by the failure of words I begin to detect its dimensions. As I work the prose, shift the verbs, look for new adjectives, a different rhythm, syntax, something new begins to come to the surface (Verbs Quotes) Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important arrow in the rhetorical quiver. After all, it exists for a reason (Verbs Quotes) We spend most of our lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do (Verbs Quotes) He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words that went into the writing of news stories. Words that went for the jugular. Active verbs that danced and raced on the page (Verbs Quotes) Autumn teaches us that fruition is also death; that ripeness is a form of decay. The willows, having stood for so long near water, begin to rust. Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons (Verbs Quotes) Pick a better verb. Most people use twenty verbs to describe everything from a run in their stocking to the explosion of an A-bomb (Verbs Quotes) You know what would help the instruction form? Verbs! Verbs would be nice! Because they help you get to the end of a thought! (Verbs Quotes) His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action (Verbs Quotes)

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