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Yogi2005 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Adverbs

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00I have a problem with what adverb to choose in the sentence below: 02br
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00Because of the fog they could not see 01b00clear/clearly02b00 enough to land the plane. 02br
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00In what context do we use 'to see clear" and 'to see clearly'? 02br
00Is there a difference in meaning? 02br
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0 Hello Yoqi 02br 02br 00I think "clear" cannot be in general used as an adverb. Only one exception is "shine clear" like in "The Sun shines clear". Also you can use "clear" in the sense of "with clear voice": "She speaks clear" or "We can hear telephone loud and clear".

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello Yoqi 02br 02br 00I think "clear" cannot be in general used as an adverb.
  • Only one exception is "shine clear" like in "The Sun shines clear".
  • Also you can use "clear" in the sense of "with clear voice": "She speaks clear" or "We can hear telephone loud and clear".
  • But I don't think we can use it in the sense of "with clear sightedness" or "with optical distinctness".
  • For this, we have to use "clearly".
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0 Hello Yoqi 02br
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00I think "clear" cannot be in general used as an adverb. Only one exception is "shine clear" like in "The Sun shines clear". Also you can use "clear" in the sense of "with clear voice": "She speaks clear" or "We can hear telephone loud and clear". But I don't think we can use it in the sense of "with clear sightedness" or "with optical distinctness". F
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0 "... they could not see clearly enough ..." "clearly" is the norm is this type of construction. 02br
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00But there's an idiom, "to see one's way clear to ...". 02br
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00They could not see their way clear to make such an important purchase at this time. 02br
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00CJ 0-
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0 Hello CJ 02br
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00My dictionary gives an idiom "see one's way clear to doing something" and says it means "be able and willing to do something". Is it different from your "see one's way clear to do something"? 02br
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0 No. It's the same. For some reason my brain accepts either the infinitive or the gerund there! Most likely the gerund is more used, actually. 0-
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0 Hello CJ 02br
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00Thank you for your kind confirmation. 02br
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00paco 0-
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0 thank you for comments. 02br
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00I found another example with " to see clear" 02br
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00to see clear to the mountains 02br
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00Is it the same idiomatic meaning as the one given by Jim? 0-
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0 yogi, 02br
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00No, not at all. This is a different meaning. "clear to the" can mean "all the way to the", "the entire distance to the". It's an informal expression. 02br
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00"No, sir. We don't have that book in stock. You'll have to check at our other branch, and that means driving clear to the next county." 02br
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00CJ
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0 thank you CJ. 0-
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