LL-L "Grammar" 2006.03.14 (09) [E]

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14 March 2006 * Volume 09
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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2006.03.14 (04) [E]

The rule is somewhat inconsistent..."

I see that, Ron. It's just the ones that usually have the -ly suffix. I
understand that English is a Germanic language, and I have heard that
Germanic languages don't usually mark adverbs. It's only the ones that
should be marked that really reverse my entrails.
Ben

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From: Karl Schulte <kschulte01 at alamosapcs.com>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2006.03.13 (12) [E]

Reinhard,
You missed a good pun regarding hard/hardly. It works just because the shift
in the language for that word has altered the -lich, -ly meaning in
association with hard. Hard, as you know can mean difficult as well as a
substance of high density (which makes digging in hard ground hard). The
work was very hard , but Bob was hardly (i.e. just barely) working. The word
shifted gradually over the centuries to mean the opposite of its orig.
intent.

Karl

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

I didn't miss it, Karl, just thought it was so obvious that even most
non-native speakers would get it.

Cheers!
Reinhard/Ron

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From: Karl Schulte <kschulte01 at alamosapcs.com>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2006.03.14 (04) [E]

"He runs very fast.")It is odd, but i almost always say "quickly" in
such a case. Probably because I tend toward a conservative, pedantic
outlook.

Karl 

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