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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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00I've asked a number of people about this but unfortunately they're all clueless.02br
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00I generally know when and how to use words such as ironic/ironical, narcissistic/narsissistical, idiotic/idiotical etcetra - but sometimes I have no idea. For instance, there's no doubt in my mind that 'educational' is 100 % gramatically correct in the following sentence: "It was a very educational experience". But I have no idea which to use in the following senteces: 'I'm a narcissistic/narcissistcal asshole" & "In an ironic/ironical manner".02br
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00Hope I've made myself clear! Thanks in advance,02br
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0 My dictionary makes no distinction between ironic and ironically; it does not offer narcissistical, except to form the adverb. Check your dictionary and see if it agrees with mine (American Heritage). 0-

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  • 0 My dictionary makes no distinction between ironic and ironically; it does not offer narcissistical, except to form the adverb.
  • Check your dictionary and see if it agrees with mine (American Heritage).
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0 My dictionary makes no distinction between ironic and ironically; it does not offer narcissistical, except to form the adverb. Check your dictionary and see if it agrees with mine (American Heritage). 0-
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0Your examples all call for adjectives. The one you said you were sure about is "educational." If the other option is "education" it wouldn't work because it's a noun. "It was a very 01i00education02i00 experience"?02br
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00The ones you were unsure of each seem to be a pair of (1) an adjective, and (2) a [psuedo] adjective, or an incorrect or nonexi
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