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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Tidy

Can I say,

Please arrange the book tidy.
  

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Hi VT The word 'tidy' is used primarily as an adjective or a verb . You need an adverb in your sentence, however 'tidily' doesn't sound very idiomatic to me in your sentence. You could say these instead: Please tidy up the book s .

  • Hi VT The word 'tidy' is used primarily as an adjective or a verb .
  • You need an adverb in your sentence, however 'tidily' doesn't sound very idiomatic to me in your sentence.
  • You could say these instead: Please tidy up the book s .
  • (tidy = verb) Please arrange the book s neatly .
  • (neatly = adverb)
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Hi VT

The word 'tidy' is used primarily as an adjective or a verb. You need an adverb in your sentence, however 'tidily' doesn't sound very idiomatic to me in your sentence.

You could say these instead:

Please tidy up the books. (tidy = verb)
Please arrange the books neatly. (neatly = adverb)

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