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Ask for help > Is this sentence correct "The girls play friendly"?
Is this sentence correct "The girls play friendly"?
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caren_630
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Is this sentence correct "The girls play friendly"?
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Is this sentence correct "The girls play friendly"?
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12 Dec 2010
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elderberrywine
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NO, friendly is an adjective, but an adverb is required in your sentence
you could say peacefully or amicably, for instance
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12 Dec 2010
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lolotte
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Apparently so as friendly can be an adverb meaning amicably.
I looked it up on this site. But I must admit at first I thought it was wrong as I was not aware that "friendly" could be used as an adverb! |
12 Dec 2010
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yanogator
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If you follow lolotte �s link, you �ll find that only one of the listings shows "friendly" as an adverb, and it doesn �t given an example.
It isn �t usually used as an adverb, and "The girls play friendly" definitely doesn �t sound natural, so I would recommend not using it, as elderberrywine suggested.
Bruce |
12 Dec 2010
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The adverb from friendly is �friendlily �. It definitely exists, but since it �s a bit of a mouthful (and sounds a little childlike) most people prefer to find another word or rework the sentence:
�The girls play in a friendly way �
�The girls play together as good friends �
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�The girls play friendlily �.
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12 Dec 2010
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alex1968
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Best thing to say is:
in a friendly way
in a friendly manner |
12 Dec 2010
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simsimsimsim
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dear caren.
let it be:
the girls play in a friendly way.
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12 Dec 2010
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