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curk
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Can anyone tell me whether it is right to say this or not: Could you speak louder / slower? o r Could you speak more loudly / more slowly? |
17 Mar 2015
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cunliffe
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I prefer �more loudly � and �more slowly � and I think that is more �correct � as in theory you need adverbs, but most people just say �louder � and �slower �. I don �t think anyone would bother to argue with you about it. |
17 Mar 2015
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almaz
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No, I don �t imagine that anyone would, or could, argue – mainly because �loud � and �slow � can be both adjectives and adverbs. (source: any half-decent dictionary or usage guide) ...but O, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! (Shakespeare, Midsummer Night �s Dream) |
17 Mar 2015
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cunliffe
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Almaz, interesting as usual, but I wouldn �t want to be teaching kids �he walks slow � etc. |
18 Mar 2015
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Gi2gi
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Agree, no matter how "not native speaker" I am, "slow" as an adverb is a hell of a deviation from grammar...
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18 Mar 2015
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almaz
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I have absolutely no idea what you �re trying to say, Gi2gi. |
18 Mar 2015
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Gi2gi
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Ok, paraphrase: "slow" as an adverb sounds pretty bullshit to me (although, I daresay, some might find it natural to say say so)... I would not, anyway, (a bad teacher, as I am) teach kids to ask very respected native speakers to "speak loud and slow so that we may hear you" |
18 Mar 2015
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cunliffe
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Hi almaz, I �ve checked this link and in the examples given of a phenomenon called a �flat adverb � (?) the word is used in an adjectival sense, for example, �jump high �. That has nothing to do with how or the manner in which you jump. Maybe �pseudo adverb� is a more acceptable term. |
18 Mar 2015
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almaz
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Read it again, Lynne. No, don �t bother. Here �s what it actually says about �slow �: Slow: Slow and slowly are interchangeable: �Drive slow� and �Drive slowly� mean the same thing.
Incidentally, have you bothered to check a dictionary entry on the word �slow �? You �ll find that if you continue beyond �adjective �, you �ll reach �adverb �.
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