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SuperESL Posted 14 years ago
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First / Second Firstly / Secondly
"Obama has been a wonderful President for two reasons. First, he is a handsome guy. Second, and more substantive, he is a wonder commander-in-chief and a brilliant economic policy planner."
Am I right to use "more substantive" rather than "more substantively" since it describes the notion that Obama is a wonder commander-in-chief and a brilliant economy policy planner?
My understanding is that I should use an adjectival phrase to describe a noun and an adverbial phrase to describe a verb. I am not sure if this is relevant, but I remember seeing people use "first/second" and "firstly/secondly" interchangeably.
Thank you.
Am I right to use "more substantive" rather than "more substantively" since it describes the notion that Obama is a wonder commander-in-chief and a brilliant economy policy planner?
My understanding is that I should use an adjectival phrase to describe a noun and an adverbial phrase to describe a verb. I am not sure if this is relevant, but I remember seeing people use "first/second" and "firstly/secondly" interchangeably.
Thank you.
Top answer
You can use first/second/third or firstly/secondly/thirdly . Just take care not to mix them up. Rover
- You can use first/second/third or firstly/secondly/thirdly .
- Just take care not to mix them up.
- Rover
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You can use first/second/third or firstly/secondly/thirdly.
Just take care not to mix them up.
Rover
Just take care not to mix them up.
Rover
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Dear Rover,
Thank you for your response.
What about my question about substantive or substantively? Thank you.
Thank you for your response.
What about my question about substantive or substantively? Thank you.
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