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Adam21 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Loud and Clear/ Loudly and Clearly

He makes his point loud and clear/ loudly and clearly?

which one is correct?

Thanks.

  

Top answer

'loud' and 'clear' are two of the so-called "flat adverbs" (They don't need the 'ly' ending) so either form is all right. But do both the same if they're both in the same sentence. CJ

  • 'loud' and 'clear' are two of the so-called "flat adverbs" (They don't need the 'ly' ending) so either form is all right.
  • But do both the same if they're both in the same sentence.
  • CJ
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'loud' and 'clear' are two of the so-called "flat adverbs" (They don't need the 'ly' ending) so either form is all right. But do both the same if they're both in the same sentence.

CJ

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