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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Scorching hot day vs scorchingly hot day

Hi

Would both of these work in casual spoken English?

It was a scorchingly hot day.

It was a scorching hot day.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Yes.

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Thanks, GPY. One more question.

Is scorchingly hot day a better phrase in careful, formal writing? Or again both would work equally well?

Tom

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