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#2 (permalink) Sat Dec 23, 2006 15:49 pm 'protectedly' - how does it sound to you? |
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| Tamara wrote: |
| non-piratedly, for example :) |
 I just love techies. :D
Adverbs ending with -edly are not inherently bad, but the word protectedly does sound unlikely. Do you have a sentence to go along with that word?
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#3 (permalink) Sat Dec 23, 2006 16:03 pm 'protectedly' - how does it sound to you? |
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Hi Amy
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| Do you have a sentence to go along with that word? |
(Today) I've heard it on the radio (BBC World), but I met it in writing (definitely more than once) being used, for example, as in the phrase: 'way/method for protectedly debiting an electronic payment' _________________ It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water… |
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#4 (permalink) Sat Dec 23, 2006 23:15 pm 'protectedly' - how does it sound to you? |
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Hi Tamara
I can't remember ever having actually heard (or seen) the word protectedly used myself. So, it sounds odd to me despite the fact that the logic of it works in your sentence. :?
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#5 (permalink) Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:05 am 'protectedly' - how does it sound to you? |
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Thanks Amy.
...I never know how to deal with the formations that sound quite logical but are absent in dictionaries.
Another example if you want – adaptedly. ('adaptedly support', 'is adaptedly reused', etc) _________________ It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water… |
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#6 (permalink) Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:30 pm 'protectedly' - how does it sound to you? |
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. As more of a muddler than a solver, I submit:
PROTECTEDLY ADAPTEDLY.
I hasten to add that I find the formation a poor writer's stopgap to better sentence structuring or vocabulary search: whatever is wrong with protectively and adaptively? . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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