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Originally Posted by BetterRed
Comparative and superlative adjectives have not only been discarded by journalists and bureaucrats, now it seems by those who ought to know better:
What's wrong with 'safer' Belinda - brevity is virtuous, whereas prolix from some (e.g. police commissioners) is a affectation, from others (e.g. judges) it ought be regarded as a sin.
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I recall that someone (but can't recall who) once said that a real good journalist wouldn't use adjectives at all.