The Pope wants us to stop using so many adjectives. In a speech on Monday to the Dicastery for Communications, the Vatican’s communications authority, Pope Francis urged people not to describe ...

Authoritative, intelligent, responsible, serious—if you were asked to describe the general figure of a scientist, you would probably use adjectives like these. However, "funny" would likely not ...

Adjectives are usually “descriptive” but can also convey a “pejorative” intent. (This is not an English lesson, just an observation.) A pejorative use of adjectives is a covert way of ...