> If an adverb disappears from a sentence and the most likely meaning is unchanged, toss it out. Indeed. The same basic principle—get rid of junk—covers every

> If an adverb disappears from a sentence and the most likely meaning is unchanged, toss it out. Indeed. The same basic principle—get rid of junk—covers every other bit of text (or any composition, really). I don't like the essay because it fails to point it out and view adverbs as a specific hard-to-get-right case of this general rule. This muddles up the idea and makes it look more complex. (Edit: tried to tidy up the form.)