"The daily newspaper"
According to MGMAT this is fine. But my first impression was that it was wrong 'cause I thought that "daily" was an adverb and thus could not modify newspaper.
For me it sounded like: The slowly car / The naturally smile
So... how do I determine if -ly forms are adverbs or adjectives? Are there other cases similar to this?
Adjectives that look like Adverbs?
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The word "daily" is both an adverb of time and an adjective.MAAJ wrote:"The daily newspaper"
According to MGMAT this is fine. But my first impression was that it was wrong 'cause I thought that "daily" was an adverb and thus could not modify newspaper.
For me it sounded like: The slowly car / The naturally smile
So... how do I determine if -ly forms are adverbs or adjectives? Are there other cases similar to this?
So, it can play dual role.
adv. day by day, every day
adj. occurring every day
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try to omit -ly part and see if the remaining word is meaningful or not.
In most cases, if it is meaningful, then it is an adverb.
daily -ly = dai = meaningless
In most cases, if it is meaningful, then it is an adverb.
daily -ly = dai = meaningless
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I haven't finished MGMAT SC guide but do you guys know if it mentions this topic somewhere?
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Keep in mind that adjectives formed with a -ly suffix on nouns will look like this.
squirrelly
beastly
A decent test is whether the word to which -ly is added is a noun or an adjective. If it's an adjective root, the word with -ly is very unlikely to be an adjective itself (because . . . why modify a word with an adjective+ly when you could just use that adjective?).
squirrelly
beastly
A decent test is whether the word to which -ly is added is a noun or an adjective. If it's an adjective root, the word with -ly is very unlikely to be an adjective itself (because . . . why modify a word with an adjective+ly when you could just use that adjective?).
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That makes a lot of sense, TY!
Jim@Grockit wrote:Keep in mind that adjectives formed with a -ly suffix on nouns will look like this.
squirrelly
beastly
A decent test is whether the word to which -ly is added is a noun or an adjective. If it's an adjective root, the word with -ly is very unlikely to be an adjective itself (because . . . why modify a word with an adjective+ly when you could just use that adjective?).
"There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results."