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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Extemporaneously

Hello,
Is my sentence proper?

The poet should come up extemporaneously with words that sound rhythmically.

Thank you in advance.
  

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quaerereverum Is my sentence proper? Not exactly. As a first approximation, I would change it thus: The poet should extemporaneously come up with words that sound rhythmical.

— CalifJim

  • quaerereverum Is my sentence proper?
  • Not exactly.
  • As a first approximation, I would change it thus: The poet should extemporaneously come up with words that sound rhythmical.
  • After verbs like look and sound we use an adjective instead of an adverb, so no "ly" on "rhythmical".
  • I changed the placement of the adverb extemporaneously so it would not break up the expression come up with .
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quaerereverumIs my sentence proper?
Not exactly. As a first approximation, I would change it thus:

The poet should extemporaneously come up with words that sound rhythmical.

After verbs like look and sound we use an adjective instead of an adverb, so no "ly" on "rhythmical".

I changed the placement of the adverb
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