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Felixxx Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
adverb ?
there is not any common grammatical mistake
but
it is a reasonably cheap restaurant
according to statement 2 , why common instead of commonly?
because i remember adverb can be followed by adjective or did i go wrong?
but
it is a reasonably cheap restaurant
according to statement 2 , why common instead of commonly?
because i remember adverb can be followed by adjective or did i go wrong?
Top answer
"common grammatical mistake" is correct. Adjective "grammatical" modifies "mistake" to create "grammatical mistake", then adjective "common" modifies "grammatical mistake". In "commonly grammatical mistake", "commonly" is modifying "grammatical".
- "common grammatical mistake" is correct.
- Adjective "grammatical" modifies "mistake" to create "grammatical mistake", then adjective "common" modifies "grammatical mistake".
- In "commonly grammatical mistake", "commonly" is modifying "grammatical".
- It's not very obvious what that would mean, and the phrase doesn't appear to make much sense.
- "reasonably cheap restaurant" is correct; "reasonably" modifies "cheap".
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"common grammatical mistake" is correct. Adjective "grammatical" modifies "mistake" to create "grammatical mistake", then adjective "common" modifies "grammatical mistake".
In "commonly grammatical mistake", "commonly" is modifying "grammatical". It's not very obvious what that would mean, and the phrase doesn't appear to make much sense.
"reasonably cheap restaurant" is correct;
In "commonly grammatical mistake", "commonly" is modifying "grammatical". It's not very obvious what that would mean, and the phrase doesn't appear to make much sense.
"reasonably cheap restaurant" is correct;
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GPYIn "commonly grammatical mistake", "commonly" is modifying "grammatical". It's not very obvious what that would mean, and the phrase doesn't appear to make much sense.Of course, you could say something like "These mistakes are commonly grammatical mistakes", but in that case "commonly" modifies the verb, rather than forming a phrase "commonly grammatical m
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