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Renan torres-rivero Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Environmental or Environmentally?

Dear teachers,

The following caption shows an adjective in the position of an adverb. Is this standard English?

I think it shall say "environmentally". What do you say?

Whitening Cities' Roofs Is Environmental Equivalent of Taking 300 Million Cars Off the Road, DoE Study Says
  

Top answer

It's a headline/title/caption style that omits articles. It's the environmental equivalent of... or It's environmentally equivalent to...

— BarbaraPA

  • It's a headline/title/caption style that omits articles.
  • It's the environmental equivalent of...
  • or It's environmentally equivalent to...
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3 Answers
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It's a headline/title/caption style that omits articles.

It's the environmental equivalent of...
or
It's environmentally equivalent to...
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Thank you very much Grammar Geek for your complete answer.

I just want to explain it a little more to renan torres-rivero.

It's the environmental equivalent of ...

Adjective Noun

It's environmentally equivalent to ...

Adverb Adjective
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Yes, you both are right.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers,

RENAN
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