Write a press release for your favourite band without adjectives.

almost continual invention

Thank goodness there are a few let-ups in the invention. One could get a headache.

Early 70s Genesis put the main emphasis on brains and skills in music, and their music reflects that.

Not any adjectives there, are there?

Early 70s Genesis put the main emphasis on brains and skills in music, and their music reflects that.

Not any adjectives there, are there?

i think "main" is an adjective, or possibly an adverb, here

The Band had beards. The beards were a reflection of their music. They wrote and performed songs. They dressed as if they were from the days of old. The songs they wrote speak to our emotions. Levon Helm played drums. Rick Danko played bass. Richard Manuel sang and then died. He was an angel. It was hard to love Robbie Robertson, but his guitar did the deed. No one could ever be like Garth Hudson. His beard looms over the centuries. They were friends with Bob Dylan, but they were more than that. They were once known as the Hawks when they played with Ronnie Hawkins. In The Last Waltz Ronnie looked like Charlie Daniels and hooted and hollered. Van Morrison was drunk. He did karate during "Caravan." Joni Mitchell sang "Coyote." She was from Canada like the Band, so was Neil Young. They represent the idea of Canada. A lot people miss The Band and we still listen to their records. I love The Band.

I think Matt's post reflects very much what you miss by not using adjectives. Without adjectives, it is impossible to write a lot of subjective stuff and make it seem objective. Matt says that he loves The Band, and that a lot of other people do too, so his post is not entirely without subjective points, just he doesn't disguise his opionions as fact, partly because you cannot without using adjectives.

That is the best description of The Band ever.

Matt's post is great, because and in spite of the fact that it kept making me think "THE BEE BIT MY BOTTOM. NOW MY BOTTOM'S BIG."

To me, it looks mainly like a school project. ;)

Now you know how we feel when we read your posts.

Kind of like how a Genesis album sounds.

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Seems to me that simile and metaphor could be the way around this. Or are they not allowed somehow?

Also "the space hewn out is in flux," while easily the worst phrase reproduced above, wouldn't be prevented by this rule, would it? If it was "the hewn-out space" then you'd kill it, but as it is it gets through.