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 #2 (permalink) Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:45 am adverbs building |
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| Miliica wrote: |
I will be very grateful if someone makes this clear to me:
when adverbs are built by adding a suffix -ly, when do we write single l and when double l? (when the word finishes with l)
eg. traditional + ly = traditionaly
logical + ly = logically |
When the adjective ends with an L, you add the suffix to that. So, correctly, the adverbs you wrote are spelled:
traditionally
logically
Spellcheck "traditionaly", and you'll find that both British English and American English spellcheckers flag it as wrong. |
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Dec 23, 2008 18:02 pm adverbs building |
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Yes, thanks....I can see that, but I am 100% sure that my ex teacher said that there's only one l in traditionally (I know because I wrtote it down, and it was bothering me ever since)...
So, when a word finishes with l and we are adding ly it's always double l? No exceptions? |
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 Miliica
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Dec 23, 2008 21:13 pm adverbs building |
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Who are you going to believe, the dictionaries or your ex-teacher? I have never heard of an exception.
Also, the title of your post should have been "adverb building", not "adverbs building", because compounds can usually not be formed with a plural suffix on the first element. |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Dec 23, 2008 21:50 pm adverbs building |
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| ok, thank you so much... 'adverbs building' does sound strange, I know... it's just that... sometimes I simply don't use my brain....:-) |
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Miliica
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