Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
straightly
Good afternoon.
Why would we say "Neil Diamond (!) went immediately into his second year of university", but not...
"Neil Diamond went straightly into his second year of university"
or
"Neil Diamond went directly into his second year of university"
Thank you, one and all!
Why would we say "Neil Diamond (!) went immediately into his second year of university", but not...
"Neil Diamond went straightly into his second year of university"
or
"Neil Diamond went directly into his second year of university"
Thank you, one and all!
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immediately
straight
directly
seem all fine to me
straightly seems old-fashioned, see the dates of the books here:
71 on "went straightly"
http://books.google.com/books?q=%22went+straightly%22&btnG=Search+Bo
straight
directly
seem all fine to me
straightly seems old-fashioned, see the dates of the books here:
71 on "went straightly"
http://books.google.com/books?q=%22went+straightly%22&btnG=Search+Bo
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