Nov 05 2009
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Someone take the thesaurus away from this writer
Just browsing over an article in the NY Times today entitled Classical Music Takes Center Stage at the White House and came across this sentence:
She played the genial melody with mature sound and shapely phrasing and, when the roles switched, nimbly dispatched the undulant accompanimental figure.
…to describe an 8-year old cellist. I also have a bit of a penchant for overusing adjectives, but this…is a bit much.
