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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
He talks slow; she speaks soft.
Whatever happened to adverbs, those things that mostly end in “ly”? In the above sentences, slow and soft modify the verbs (talks and speaks). Wouldn't a reasonably brain-endowed person accept that they are adverbs? Let him talk slowly and listen closely because she speaks softly!
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