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Swiss Jake Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

List of Adjectives

1b00List of Adjectives that don't change to form Adverbs02b02br
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00Every English learner does not have the ear to hear if e.g 'fastly' sounds right or not. He/she must simply learn which adjectives do not change in form, if used as adverbs.02br
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00The textbook mostly lists just a few, such as: 01b00fast, hard, and straight. 02b02br
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00But there are many more. I have been looking for lists in books, Internet since a long time. I have not really succeeded. So, please, list adjectives that 01b00do not02b00 change to form adverbs.02br
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00I can start off with:02br
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00Rule: I think adjectives that end with the letter 'L' do not change. Coolly, illy, smally sounds awful. 02br
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01b01u00Important:02u00 Make sure you let us know if you didn't agree with any listed adjectives/adverbs.02b02br
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00Thanks for every help, Jake0-
  

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0 airmail, all day, all right, best, better, big, cheap, clean, clear, close, cold, daily, dead, dear, deep, direct, dirty, downtown, duty-free, early, easy, everyday, extra, fair, far, farther, fast, fine, firm, first, further, hard, high, home, hourly, inside, kindly, last, late, long, loud, low, monthly, outside, overseas, past, quick, quiet, right, sharp, slow, straight, sure, thin, thick, t
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0Paco, thanks for posting but I don't agree with all of your examples.02br
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00cheap, 00cheaply is perfectly fine. 02br
00clean, cleanly is fine too. 02br
00clear, clearly is fine too.02br
00close, closly is fine too.02br
00cold, coldly is fine too. ?02br
00dead, deadly is fine too.02br
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0 Hello Jake02br
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00I picked up words (partial list of adjectives) that are used both as an adjective and as an adverb. 02br
00(EX) cheap : It is cheap. I bought it cheap02br
00(EX) clean : This room is clean. She cut it clean.02br
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00Some of these adjectives might have an adverbial counter part of other form. 02br

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0Hi Paco02br
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00Yes, there are some. I know of:02br
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00cheap, direct, loud, quick, slow, sure, wide. The choice of those is a matter of usage with 01i00ly02i00 forms ordinarly considered more formal, the shorter forme more empatic.02br
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00Are you sure the other ones have also two adverbial forms? E.g e
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0 In current English, "firstly" can be used with "secondly" and "thirdly" in listed statements. But careful writers prefer "first" even in this case. 　02br
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00Of course, you can use adverb "easily". But "easy" and "easily" are a bit different in the usage. (EX) "Go easy!" "We'll win them easily."02br
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0So there is a difference in usage?02br
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00Go slow, not go slowly.02br
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00Buy cheap and sell dear, the dresses were cheaply made. If you use an imperative you use the form without ly?02br
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00Thank you, Jake0-
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0 Hello Jake01blockquote
01cite10Swiss Jake12cite10So there is a difference in usage?12br
10Go slow, not go slowly.Buy cheap and sell dear, the dresses were cheaply made. If you use an imperative you use the form without ly?12blockquote
10No, I didn't mean all the pairs of "X" and "X-ly" have different meanings. I talked
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0Thank you Paco.02br
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00Q-1) Do you say awesomely? He plays awesomly. OK?02br
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00Q-2) You say e.g. 'My grandmother was not 01b00greatly02b00 affected by the Great Depression.' But do you also say, 'I think you are doing 01b00greatly02b00.' ?02br
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00Regards, Jake02br
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0 00They (=native speakers) commonly say like "He played awesome in the game" rather than "He played awesomely". "He played awesome" could be interpreted as "He played very well and he was awesome". 00 00Likewise "You are doing great" is also idiomatic. I take it as "you are doing well so that you are great". I seldom hear "You are doing greatly".02br
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