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14 March 2006 * Volume 04
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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2006.03.13 (12) [E]

Ron,

* Don't take it so hardly!
Don't take it so hard!

I do not know why, but when I see adverbs that aren't marked with the
adverbial suffix in English, it just grates me somethin' fierce! I hear
people say, "We didn't play good today." "The company did bad this quarter."
It's probably just my prescriptive linguistics background that I created
myself, but it is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Ben

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Grammar

Ben,

I take it this is a case of sub-standard dialect encroachment, much like 
_-in'_ being used instead of _-ing_ in several more "educated" dialects of 
American English.  I have a feeling it started as a "bringing-down the 
high-brow" effort.

Similarly, though not a matter of adverbs:

How are you?
I'm good. Thanks.
[Out of context, "I'm good" might be understood as meaning "I'm 
well-behaved," as opposed to "bad," which in non-American would be 
"naughty."]

No, thanks. I'm good.
(meaning "I'm all right. I don't want any.")

Are we good now?
(meaning : "Are we all right now?", "Are things settled between us now?", 
"Peace?")

I guess these have become or are on the way of becoming "legitimate" 
American English expressions.

As for adverbs without "-ly", I wonder if they are due to foreign 
substrates.  But consider the fact that the system comes with "flaws" (i.e., 
is somewhat inconsistent), such as the "-ly" rule not applying to "fast" 
(e.g., "He's very fast." "He runs very fast.")

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron 

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