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Joseph A Posted 9 years ago
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Grammar

Hello everyone

Is the adverb "beautifully" correctly used in the following sentence?

_Sit down beautifully.

Regards

JA

  

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Joseph A Hello everyone Is the adverb "beautifully" correctly used in the following sentence? _Sit down beautifully. Regards JA That's correct, but only in the sense that you can add an adverb to an imperative without breaking any rules of grammar.

  • Joseph A Hello everyone Is the adverb "beautifully" correctly used in the following sentence?
  • _Sit down beautifully.
  • Regards JA That's correct, but only in the sense that you can add an adverb to an imperative without breaking any rules of grammar.
  • However, it is in the category of sentences that are not idiomatic, like the following, where the meaning is obscure: Stand up inquisitively.
  • / Recline furiously.
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Joseph A

Hello everyone

Is the adverb "beautifully" correctly used in the following sentence?

_Sit down beautifully.

Regards

JA

That's correct, but only in the sense that you can add an adverb to an imperative without breaking any rules of grammar.

However, it is in the category of sentences that are not idiomatic,

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