Southern/southernly
Do you say Southern days or Southernly days when you want to describe hot, sunny late-summer days (like in the South)?
So are Southern days only days IN the South or could it also be LIKe days in the South?
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SchwarzeKatz Do you say Southern days I nave never come across the expression. Sultry days perhaps is what you have in mind. SchwarzeKatz Southernly days Ungrammatical.
- SchwarzeKatz Do you say Southern days I nave never come across the expression.
- Sultry days perhaps is what you have in mind.
- SchwarzeKatz Southernly days Ungrammatical.
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SchwarzeKatzDo you say Southern days
I nave never come across the expression.
Sultry days perhaps is what you have in mind.
SchwarzeKatzSouthernly days
Ungrammatical.
0I just say "late summer days" because I'm not familiar with those expressions.
It turns out that 'southernly' is a less common word for 'southerly'.
See https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/southernly
And the word can't even be found in
0The OED calls "southernly" to mean "southerly" "Now somewht rare." I'll say. I don't remember having seen it before, and it is best avoided. "Southernly days" uses "southernly" in a different meaning, "typical of the South", and that is current if quite unusual. The problem is that nobody will know what you mean even if they believe it is a word because there are many characteris
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