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Guyper Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Two adverbs standing next two each other
1. "He ran effortlessly fast"
2. "He ran effortlessly and fast"
1. "Did they actually strongly indicate that?"
2. "Did they actually and strongly indicate that?"
Can two adverbs stand next two each other or should there always be an and?
And what if there were more than two adverbs?
1. "Did they actually, honestly, hatefully, strongly indicate that?"
2. "Did they actually, honestly, hatefully and strongly indicate that?"
3. "Did they actually and honestly and hatefully and strongly indicate that?"
Thank you
2. "He ran effortlessly and fast"
1. "Did they actually strongly indicate that?"
2. "Did they actually and strongly indicate that?"
Can two adverbs stand next two each other or should there always be an and?
And what if there were more than two adverbs?
1. "Did they actually, honestly, hatefully, strongly indicate that?"
2. "Did they actually, honestly, hatefully and strongly indicate that?"
3. "Did they actually and honestly and hatefully and strongly indicate that?"
Thank you
Top answer
It seems to me that "adv1 adv2" normally means that adv1 modifies adv2, while "adv1 and adv2" means that adv1 and adv2 both modify something else. For example, compare "He ran unusually quickly" with "He ran unusually and quickly". ", it seems to modify the whole question.
- It seems to me that "adv1 adv2" normally means that adv1 modifies adv2, while "adv1 and adv2" means that adv1 and adv2 both modify something else.
- For example, compare "He ran unusually quickly" with "He ran unusually and quickly".
- ", it seems to modify the whole question.
- There may be other exceptions too, such as "really".
- " can be read in two ways, with "really" either modifiying "strongly" or modifying the whole question.
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It seems to me that "adv1 adv2" normally means that adv1 modifies adv2, while "adv1 and adv2" means that adv1 and adv2 both modify something else. For example, compare "He ran unusually quickly" with "He ran unusually and quickly".
However, "actually" may work a bit differently, and in your example, "Did they actually strongly indicate that?", it seems to modify the whole question. There
However, "actually" may work a bit differently, and in your example, "Did they actually strongly indicate that?", it seems to modify the whole question. There
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