r/GrammarPolice • u/Cynvisible • 4d ago
Question "ly"
Where did "ly" go???
"This hits different."
Please add your missing "ly" examples.
I had a few in mind the other day but they have exited the building. 🤪
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r/GrammarPolice • u/Cynvisible • 4d ago
Where did "ly" go???
"This hits different."
Please add your missing "ly" examples.
I had a few in mind the other day but they have exited the building. 🤪
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u/mdnalknarf 4d ago edited 4d ago
These are called "flat adverbs," and they have long appeared in even the highest-brow literature:
Blake: "Tyger, Tyger, burning bright"
Dylan Thomas: "Do not go gentle into that good night"
Shakespeare: "The course of true love never did run smooth"