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... Adverb ? In the sentence , " Speak ill of none , " are we to call " ill " an adverb or an adjective ? It is not easy at times to discriminate between adjective and adverb . Nor , so long as we select the right word to use , does it ...
... Adverb ? In the sentence , " Speak ill of none , " are we to call " ill " an adverb or an adjective ? It is not easy at times to discriminate between adjective and adverb . Nor , so long as we select the right word to use , does it ...
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... Adverb ? In the sentence , " Speak ill of none , " are we to call " ill " an adverb or an adjective ? It is not easy at times to discriminate between adjective and adverb . Nor , so long as we select the right word to use , does it ...
... Adverb ? In the sentence , " Speak ill of none , " are we to call " ill " an adverb or an adjective ? It is not easy at times to discriminate between adjective and adverb . Nor , so long as we select the right word to use , does it ...
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... adverb . It would be quite against idiom to add the usual adverb ending -ly and write " We worked hardly . " It is true that hardly may be used in the sense of scarcely . “ He hardly earned enough to keep himself . " We should , however ...
... adverb . It would be quite against idiom to add the usual adverb ending -ly and write " We worked hardly . " It is true that hardly may be used in the sense of scarcely . “ He hardly earned enough to keep himself . " We should , however ...
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THE PURPOSE OF IT | 1 |
NEED FOR REVISION | 13 |
THE PURPOSE OF LANGUAGE | 25 |
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