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Tlxreed Posted 19 years ago
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different versus differently
0 I'm being told that the following sentence construction is correct. It seems to me that it is not right. 02 br
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00 < * Specifically what you need to do DIFFERENT to achieve your goals — now — not later.> 02 br
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00 The phrase above is part of a list, so it's not a complete sentence structure. Still it seems to me that it should be 'differently'. Any comments appreciated. 0-
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00 < * Specifically what you need to do DIFFERENT to achieve your goals — now — not later.> 02 br
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00 The phrase above is part of a list, so it's not a complete sentence structure. Still it seems to me that it should be 'differently'. Any comments appreciated. 0-
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0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 Tlxreed 12 cite 10 I'm being told that the following sentence construction is correct. > 12 br 12 br 10 The phrase above is part of a list, so it's not a complete sentence structure. Still it seems to me that it should be 'differently'.
- 0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 Tlxreed 12 cite 10 I'm being told that the following sentence construction is correct.
- > 12 br 12 br 10 The phrase above is part of a list, so it's not a complete sentence structure.
- Still it seems to me that it should be 'differently'.
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01 cite 10 Tlxreed 12 cite 10 I'm being told that the following sentence construction is correct. It seems to me that it is not right. 12 br
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10 < * Specifically what you need to do 11 b 11 font 10 DIFFERENTLY is 12 font 12 b 10 to achieve your goals — now — not later.>
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0 I too would say "differently", but I understand the case for using "different", because it's about doing a different thing, rather than doing the same thing differently. If we want to use the adjective, we need to change the sentence: "... the different thing you need to do is...". But that's rather clumsy! 0-
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0 Okay, thanks for the input. 02 br
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00 If I made the phrase into a sentence for example, I might make one that said: 02 br
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00 <Specifically, the course will teach the things you need to do differently to achieve your goals now - not later.> 02 br
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00 I'm thinking that if the above phrase is correct, then the truncated version
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00 If I made the phrase into a sentence for example, I might make one that said: 02 br
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00 <Specifically, the course will teach the things you need to do differently to achieve your goals now - not later.> 02 br
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00 I'm thinking that if the above phrase is correct, then the truncated version
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