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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

-ly

Hi.
Is it that, siffix '-ly' added to a noun forms adjective and added to an adj. forms an adv.?

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I wouldn't swear to 100% performance, but generally yes. '-Ly' = '-lich' = like.

— Mister Micawber

  • I wouldn't swear to 100% performance, but generally yes.
  • '-Ly' = '-lich' = like.
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I wouldn't swear to 100% performance, but generally yes. '-Ly' = '-lich' = like.
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Here are some examples of exceptions mentioned by Mister Micawber:
The adjectival form of romance is romantic. Academic and sarcastic stem from academy and sarcasm respectively.
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Of course there are other ways to make adjectives from nouns, Nikoo, but that is not the question here. The question is whether -ly makes an adjective of a noun when it can attach to a noun. We are not concerned with the other suffixes here.
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