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Wai_Wai Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary

Incorrectly VS wrong(adv) VS wrongly; right(adv) VS rightly

What're the difference among the following:
- Incorrectly VS wrong(adv) VS wrongly

How about:
- right(adv) VS rightly

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I presume you mean 'right' as the antonym of 'wrong'; in which case, their treatment is the same: 'Right' and 'wrong' can be used informally as adverbs (and come after the verb, where 'rightly' and 'wrongly' which are more formally correct can often appear either side of it). They mean 'correctly' and 'incorrectly' respectively.

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I presume you mean 'right' as the antonym of 'wrong'; in which case, their treatment is the same:

'Right' and 'wrong' can be used informally as adverbs (and come after the verb, where 'rightly' and 'wrongly'which are more formally correct can often appear either side of it). They mean 'correctly' and 'incorrectly' respectively.
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