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Stenka25 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

turn out right or turn out rightly

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00Recognize that only when you make the right changes to your thinking, other things begin to turn out [01font00right/ rightly02font00] in your life.02br
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00They say the answer is '01font00right02font00,' not 'rightly.'02br
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00What I want to ask is why 'rightly' can't be used.02br
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00I did 'google' again.02br
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00‣The Only Thing that Counts: The Ernest Hemingway/Maxwell 02br
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00Twenty-two years of correspondence between Ernest Hemingway and his editor, Maxwell Perkins, are covered in a volume...02br
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00Aug. 5, 193702br
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00"Dear Ernest; 02br
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00...If he will only begin to dramatize himself as the man who came back now, 00everything may turn out 00rightly00.02br
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00I thinks 'right' and 'rightly' both should be right, even if 'right' is dominant.02br
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0 Use Google Books, it's more educated than plain Google:02br 05002br 02br 01b 001002b 00 of 01b 006402b 00 on 01b 00"turn out rightly"02b 02br 01b 0079402b 00 on 01b 00"turn out right" (much more frequent)02b 02br 00Both correct, but look at the dates of books here: 02br 01b 001002b 00 of 01b 006402b 00 on 01b 00"turn out rightly"02b 02br 02br 05102br 00most of them are old, and you don't want to sound old-fashioned. q=%22turn+out+rightly%22&lr=&sa=N&start=20

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 Use Google Books, it's more educated than plain Google:02br 05002br 02br 01b 001002b 00 of 01b 006402b 00 on 01b 00"turn out rightly"02b 02br 01b 0079402b 00 on 01b 00"turn out right" (much more frequent)02b 02br 00Both correct, but look at the dates of books here: 02br 01b 001002b 00 of 01b 006402b 00 on 01b 00"turn out rightly"02b 02br 02br 05102br 00most of them are old, and you don't want to sound old-fashioned.
  • q=%22turn+out+rightly%22&lr=&sa=N&start=20
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0 Use Google Books, it's more educated than plain Google:02br
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01b001002b00 of 01b006402b00 on 01b00"turn out rightly"02b02br
01b0079402b00 on 01b00"turn out right" (much more frequent)02b02br
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0I think because "rightly" is an adverb it describes the 01i01u00process02u02i00 of "turning out," while "right" as an adjective describes the 01i01u00product02u02i00. I guess the same could be said of "correct" and "correctly." A thing turns out [to be] 01i01u00correct02u02i00. (
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0Also, for AmE, by searching the New York Times site with 01b00plain02b00 Google for:02br
01b00site:nytimes.com "turn out right"02b02br
01b00site:nytimes.com "turn out rightly"02b02br
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01b0024302b00 from 01b00nytimes.com
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0 1. Things turn out right.02br
002. ?Things turn out rightly.02br
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00#2 would sound a little odd, in BrE; though it may well occur in other kinds of English. 02br
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00In #1, I would take "turn out" as a linking verb; "right" as a subject complement.02br
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00Thanks, all of you, Marius Hancu, Avangi, MrPedantic. 0-
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