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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Is this correct?
She managed worse than usual.
Or is this better this way: She managed worse than usually.
Is there any difference?
Or is this better this way: She managed worse than usually.
Is there any difference?
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This is the commoner, certainly: She managed worse than usual. 'Usually ' here would be either hypercorrection or incorrect. g.
- This is the commoner, certainly: She managed worse than usual.
- 'Usually ' here would be either hypercorrection or incorrect.
- g.
- ' the usual management' rather than an adverb modifying ' manage '.
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This is the commoner, certainly:
She managed worse than usual.
'Usually' here would be either hypercorrection or incorrect. My take, if the latter, is that as normally conceived, 'usual' is a pronomial for e.g. 'the usual management' rather than an adverb modifying 'manage'.
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This is the commoner, certainly:
She managed worse than usual.
'Usually' here would be either hypercorrection or incorrect. My take, if the latter, is that as normally conceived, 'usual' is a pronomial for e.g. 'the usual management' rather than an adverb modifying 'manage'.
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