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Building adverbs from adjectives, and the irregular cases.
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The rule
Many English adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective: quick → quickly, careful → carefully, polite → politely. These adverbs usually describe verbs and answer the question how? Some common words are irregular or look different, such as daily, hard, fast, and well. Not every word ending in -ly is an adverb of manner, and not every adverb ends in -ly, so learners should check the grammar and meaning in the sentence.
The trap
She speaks clear in meetings.
She speaks clearly in meetings.
The adjective clear does not normally modify the verb directly here. We need the adverb clearly to describe how she speaks.
He finished the task quick.
He finished the task quickly.
Quickly is the adverb form used to describe the verb finished. Quick is an adjective and is wrong in this position.
The train was moving slow.
The train was moving slowly.
Slowly is the adverb that describes the verb moving. Slow is an adjective and does not fit here.
I made an easy decision easyly.
I made an easy decision quickly.
Easy describes the noun decision, but quickly describes the verb made. Using easyly is not correct English.
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