#don’t get me started on academic elitism and the gatekeeping of academia

[suga4mycoffee]

Various 'writing assistant' programs, anyone who ever took a single creative writing class, and people who think all adverbs are words ending in -ly:

ALL ADVERBS ARE EVIL. USE NONE. IF YOU USE ADVERBS, YOUR WRITING IS WEAK AND AWFUL. ADVERBS ALWAYS = WEAK VERBS, BE MORE FORCEFUL. DIE IN A DITCH WITH YOUR PRECIOUS ADVERBS.

Me, using as many fucking adverbs as I damn well please:

You aren't the boss of me, ticking boxes off of a 'how to write words good' checklist is weak writing, and you can shove your linguistic snobbery up your ass. I DO WHAT I WANT.

#i write how i write #and if that means writing with adverbs whenever it feels right #then that's what i will do #i have a linguistics degree and i can tell you adverbs are necessary #unless you're an academic institution #the less said about that the better #don’t get me started on academic elitism and the gatekeeping of academia #this isn't actually aimed at anyone in particular #and nobody has complained about my writing #i was working on something and suddenly remembered the hemingway editor #and how it constantly got snotty at my adverb usage #and i have pms so remembering it made me mad #which is the only reason this post exists #🤣🤣🤣