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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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Extremely slow, or extremely slowly?

0 For instance, the web was running extremely slow or extremely slowly? Thanks! 0-
  

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0[01i00102i00] The web runs slow.02br
00[01i00202i00] The web runs slowly.02br
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00Both are correct and the same in meaning.02br
00#1 is rather colloquial.02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10For instance, the web was running extremely slow or extremely slowly? Thanks!12blockquote
10We can use an averb to modify an adjective, 02br
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00Ex: The car was going 01font00extremely fast02font00 when the accident occured. 
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01cite10Goodman12cite12br
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11cite20Anonymous22cite20For instance, the web was running extremely slow or extremely slowly? Thanks!22blockquote
20We can use an averb to modify an adjective, 12br
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10Ex: The car was going 11font
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0Paco,02br
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00I have to give you my 2 cents for your groundless assumption. The question in discussion was the adjective phrase "extremely slow or extremely slowly". Just becasue I didn't include "verbs" as part of my explanation does not mean I didn't know how adverbs behave. I wonder what you were thinking when you wrote that comment "01font0
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01cite10Goodman12cite10Paco, 12br
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10I have to give you my 2 cents for your groundless assumption. The question in discussion was the adjective phrase "extremely slow or extremely slowly". Just becasue I didn't include "verbs" as part of my explanation does not mean I didn't know how adverbs behave. I wonder what
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0Paco, 02br
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00I am not as offended by your comment as I feel for your lack of, shall I say, humbleness. 00I am not going to criticize the correctness of your sentence which you boosted to be 100% correct. But in reference to my comment which you had publicly deprecated, you obviously don't understand English as well as I thought you do. read it again! I said "01f
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01cite10Goodman12cite12br
10Paco, 12br
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10I am not as offended by your comment as I feel for your lack of, shall I say, humbleness. 10I am not going to criticize the correctness of your sentence which you boosted to be 100% correct. But in reference to my comment which you had publicly deprecated, you
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0I'm always learning something new here.02br
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00I went to Merriam-Webster's online site, which often has usage notes that I find quite useful. 01a05000/ 02a02br
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00Main Entry: 01b01sup00202sup00slow02b02br
00Function: 01i00adverb02i
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0Paco, let me start my reply by saying I bear some blames for this squabble. There are phrases people use in dialog that are not grammatically correct. Nontheless, we hear it all the time. In my examples, I did not qualify the "verb" part with the avberb explanation which may have inadvertently spawned this aquabble. I am not denouncing the use of “Googling”. As I said in my previous thread, I
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I'm always learning something new here.12br
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10I went to Merriam-Webster's online site, which often has usage notes that I find quite useful. 11a15010/ 12a12br
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10Main Entry: 11b11sup10212su

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