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Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by M73A on 01-20-2006 at 04:45 PM
do they exist, i could swear they do but i can't think of one 
RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by Matti on 01-20-2006 at 04:49 PM
What about
"I never play football."
?
Never is an adverb, not? Sorry if I'm wrong, just guessing... 
RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by qgroessl on 01-20-2006 at 04:51 PM
They do exist... I can't give you an example off the top of my head... But in school everybody's always taught that *MOST* adverbs end in -ly....
This could be one... not sure...
The flutist played the song very well.
Very describing well... well describing how they played it.
RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by M73A on 01-20-2006 at 05:04 PM
quote:
Originally posted by groessl35
They do exist... I can't give you an example off the top of my head... But in school everybody's always taught that *MOST* adverbs end in -ly....
This could be one... not sure...
The flutist played the song very well.
Very describing well... well describing how they played it.
erm, kinda, lol... just i was taught the MOST end in -ly too and the teacher was going over common mistakes in the mock exams... she was doing adverbs.... she said all adverbs end in -ly .... i disagreed and she wasn't having any of it... so im determind to find one
but i don't know where to look RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by Eljay on 01-20-2006 at 05:07 PM
almost? is that an adverb? i sucked at english
RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by Millenium_edition on 01-20-2006 at 05:14 PM
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=almost
eljay winsss
RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by M73A on 01-20-2006 at 05:24 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Millenium_edition
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=almost
eljay winsss
mwahaha, yay.! she nearly had ago at me because i didn't agree that ALL adverbs end in 'ly' this should shut her up! ... any more? just to rub it in her smart ass face
quote:
Originally posted by Mattike
What about
"I never play football."
?
Never is an adverb, not? Sorry if I'm wrong, just guessing...
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=never
so its not just eljay that wins
RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by John Anderton on 01-20-2006 at 05:42 PM
quote:I think you mean to know the adverb forms of words ...... not just one time references ...... no wait ..... they can be counted ....
Originally posted by M73A
do they exist, i could swear they do but i can't think of one
well then yes it is possible .... let me think of some examples
RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by Aeryn on 01-20-2006 at 06:05 PM
Yeah, there are quite many words or phrases without -ly ending that serve as adverbs...
* Aeryn does a quick google search
Fast, hard, straight, kind of, to some extent, quite, such...
Also, Wikipedia definition of adverb.
RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by Jhrono on 01-20-2006 at 06:11 PM
quote:aren't those adjectives ?..
Originally posted by Haz
Fast, hard, straight
RE: RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by Aeryn on 01-20-2006 at 06:16 PM
quote:Yeah, but they can also serve as adverbs.
Originally posted by Johny
quote:aren't those adjectives ?..
Originally posted by Haz
Fast, hard, straight
"We were driving fast", "worked hard", "went straight to him"...
RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by Matti on 01-20-2006 at 07:09 PM
In fact, a word can be an adjective or an adverb, it just depends on the sentence where it's placed in. 
In That line is straight., straight is an adjective because it tells more about that line. In She went straight to him., straight is an adverb because it tells more about how she went to him. Right?
RE: Adverbs Not ending in 'ly' ? by dotNorma on 01-21-2006 at 12:01 AM
There are plenty of adverbs not ending in "ly", off the top of my head:
"Today, Yesterday, Tomorrow, There, Here"