grammaticality - Which is correct: "drive safe" or "drive safely ...
WEBJan 10, 2011 · There is a Merriam-Webster Dictionary video from the editor about this exact topic. In it "safe" in "drive safe" is classed as a "flat adverb". The editor's opinion is they used to be more common in the past, but that prescriptivist grammarians from the 18th century considered them to be a mistake, which is the possible reason for their decline.
"Safe Drive Save Life"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
WEBApr 12, 2019 · 1. "Safe Drive Save Life" is the name of a program initiated by the Government of West Bengal, a state in East India. You could look it up here and here. Every time I go to the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata, I can't help but notice this expression on bumper stickers and billboards. What bothers me is that it does not sound right.
word choice - Is the correct phrase "Doing it healthy and safe" or ...
WEBI work in transportation government and I remember seeing "Drive Safe" on a video screen at a ballgame and people were like it should be "Drive Safely." Healthy and safe actually sounds better than healthy and safely but that doesn't make it …
adjectives - "Fairly quick" vs. "fairly quickly" - English Language ...
WEBIt's a matter of style. I prefer "I completed the task fairly quickly" or "I did it quick" [shorter form emphasizes quickness]. But maybe it'd be better to say " {quite / rather / somewhat} quickly" or "quickly enough" if you don't like repeating the /-ly/ ending. The more formal your context, the stronger the argument for using "quickly ...
How to correctly use the expression “safe travel (s)”?
WEBJul 16, 2015 · "[I wish you] safe travel." uses the uncountable form of the noun. It refers to an amalgamation of all of the travels one might undertake in the specific time period. "[I wish you] safe travels." uses the countable noun. We understand that a number of separate travels will occur, perhaps in a single trip with stopovers. Notes:
"Loud" and "loudly": how to use them? [duplicate]
WEBNormally, adjectives are turned into adverbs by adding the - ly suffix to them. But some words are used as both adjectives and adverbs, with no discernable difference in their form. For example, I like fast cars. [adjective] He drove fast. [adverb] They played a clean game. [adjective] They played clean. [adverb] "Loud" is an example of a word ...
"more than usual" vs. "more than usually" - English Language
WEBMay 20, 2015 · 2. Which sentence is correct? "I had more customers than usual." "I had more customers than usually." "More than usual" sounds pretty common, but "more than usually" seems more correct when I think about it. There seem to be more adverb adjective conflicts like this, for example "drive safe" vs. "drive safely", which was …
"Walk slow" vs. "walk slowly" [duplicate] - English Language
WEBSep 25, 2016 · You could say 'walk slow' too, but slowly is more common. So we can see that these two words are definetely in marked contrast ;) "Walk fast" is correct simply because "fastly" isn't a word. Fastly is a word. The OED lists most uses as obsolete and one usage (meaning "quickly, rapidly, speedily") as rare. @Andreas.
Is I-10 safe to drive on near mexico u.s. border? (restaurant, safest ...
WEBApr 26, 2009 · I-10 is just as safe to drive as any other interstate roadway. You need to plan your route and do get up to I-40. Once in Barstow California, you need to take Ca Hwy 58. What that will do is take you in towards SF.
Safe towns within a 45 min drive of greenwood (Jackson, Starkville: …
WEBDec 8, 2021 · It gets even safer (maximally safe dark green shading) in the neighborhoods on the southern edge of town along Perry Rd, with some newer homes including some pricier homes and some on big lots with acreage. These are pretty much your only options for this area within a 30-minute drive from Greenwood. …