Deceptive or Deceitfully
Which one of the sentences below is correct?
1.He has slammed the report as "deceptive."
2.He has slammed the report as "deceitfully."
Deceitfully is an adverb and since the word is telling more information about the verb called "report", isn't the second sentence is correct?
Please help me on this!
Top answer
"report" is a noun in that sentence, not a verb. Therefore, the modifier should be an adjective such as "deceptive", not an adverb such as "deceitfully". The adjective "deceitful" would also fit (stronger feeling of deliberate lying or trickery, compared to "deceptive").
- "report" is a noun in that sentence, not a verb.
- Therefore, the modifier should be an adjective such as "deceptive", not an adverb such as "deceitfully".
- The adjective "deceitful" would also fit (stronger feeling of deliberate lying or trickery, compared to "deceptive").
- " By the way, this is incorrectly spaced.
- It should be like this: 1.
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"report" is a noun in that sentence, not a verb. Therefore, the modifier should be an adjective such as "deceptive", not an adverb such as "deceitfully". The adjective "deceitful" would also fit (stronger feeling of deliberate lying or trickery, compared to "deceptive").
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