I Don’t Hate Dandelions

In all honesty, I don’t. You can cook their roots, create salads from their leaves, and ferment them to make wine. Some coffee substitutes contain dandelion roots; and I’m sure smart people have devised many other uses for these prolific yellow flowers.

However, too many dandelions can smother your lawn, just as too many adverbs (like just) can smother your writing.

You probably know how to root out ly adverbs (like probably in this sentence). But adverb weeds can hide where you least expect to find them.

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