I was taught in (american) school adverbs are a lazy and informal form of expression. While I didn't agree at the time, I use them now only vanishingly rarely. ;)
> I was taught in (american) school adverbs are a lazy and informal form of expression.
I've certainly (in the same place) heard that heavy adverb use is a “writing smell” in much that way, but the point of that was very much not to substitute the use of adjectives serving as if they were adverbs for actual adverbs.
I've certainly (in the same place) heard that heavy adverb use is a “writing smell” in much that way, but the point of that was very much not to substitute the use of adjectives serving as if they were adverbs for actual adverbs.