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Elcid12345 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
World of adverbs!
0 Hi, 02 br
00 Please help me with the following sentences. 02 br
00 i ) She certainly drives 01 u 00 slow 02 u 00 in that old Buick of hers. 02 br
00 She certainly drives 01 u 00 slowly 02 u 00 in that old Buick of hers. 02 br
00 Can we use slow and slowly either of them in the present context? 02 br
00 ii) He spoke 01 u 00 sharply, quick 02 u 00 ly, and to the point. 02 br
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00 He spoke 01 u 00 sharp, quick 02 u 00 , and to the point. 02 br
02 br
00 Same question as above. Are the two adverbs interchangeable? 02 br
02 br
00 What is the meaning of this one? 02 br
00 iii)He did 01 u 00 wrong 02 u 00 by her. 02 br
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00 Thanks, 02 br
00 RG 0-
00 Please help me with the following sentences. 02 br
00 i ) She certainly drives 01 u 00 slow 02 u 00 in that old Buick of hers. 02 br
00 She certainly drives 01 u 00 slowly 02 u 00 in that old Buick of hers. 02 br
00 Can we use slow and slowly either of them in the present context? 02 br
00 ii) He spoke 01 u 00 sharply, quick 02 u 00 ly, and to the point. 02 br
02 br
00 He spoke 01 u 00 sharp, quick 02 u 00 , and to the point. 02 br
02 br
00 Same question as above. Are the two adverbs interchangeable? 02 br
02 br
00 What is the meaning of this one? 02 br
00 iii)He did 01 u 00 wrong 02 u 00 by her. 02 br
02 br
00 Thanks, 02 br
00 RG 0-
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0 Hi elcid, and welcome to the forums. 02 i 02 br 02 br 01 i 00 Can we use slow and slowly either of them in the present context? 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 Here's what 05 0 00 says about using "slow" as an adverb (I've added the bold the sentence near the end): 01 b 00 usage 02 b 00 Some commentators claim that careful writers avoid the adverb 01 i 00 slow, 02 i 00 in spite of the fact that it has had over four centuries of usage.
- 0 Hi elcid, and welcome to the forums.
- 02 i 02 br 02 br 01 i 00 Can we use slow and slowly either of them in the present context?
- 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 Here's what 05 0 00 says about using "slow" as an adverb (I've added the bold the sentence near the end): 01 b 00 usage 02 b 00 Some commentators claim that careful writers avoid the adverb 01 i 00 slow, 02 i 00 in spite of the fact that it has had over four centuries of usage.
- In actual practice, 01 i 00 slow 02 i 00 and 01 i 00 slowly 02 i 00 are not used in quite the same way.
- 01 i 00 Slow 02 i 00 is almost always used with verbs that denote movement or action, and it regularly follows the verb it modifies.
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0 Hi elcid, and welcome to the forums. 02 br
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00 Please help me with the following sentences. 02 br
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01 i 00 i ) She certainly drives 01 u 00 slow 02 u 00 in that old Buick of hers. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 She certainly drives 01 u 00 slowly 02 u 00 in that old Buick of hers. 02 i
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00 Please help me with the following sentences. 02 br
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01 i 00 i ) She certainly drives 01 u 00 slow 02 u 00 in that old Buick of hers. 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 She certainly drives 01 u 00 slowly 02 u 00 in that old Buick of hers. 02 i
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