C.S. Lewis: "Keep a strict eye on eulogistic & dislogic adjectives -- They shd diagnose (not merely blame) & distinguish (not merely praise.)." An article by Ben Yagoda on my pet peeve in academic writing: the superfluous adjective. As you can tell from my writing here, which is nothing like my academic writing, I am an abuser of the superfluous adjective and will attempt to remedy this fault in future posts. -Zh., who is ashamed of herself at the moment.