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Adjectives ending in -ly

Adverbs is used to modify verbs.

Adjectives ending in -ly

 

 

Incorrect Correct
She smiled friendly. She smiled in a friendly way.

 

Incorrect Correct
She smiled silly She have a silly smile

 

 

Here you can see that the mistake is  using an adjective instead of an adverb.

 

Adverbs is used to modify verbs.

 

Most adverbs ends  with  –ly, but there are also a adjectives that ends in – ly.

 

Example: costly, friendly, lively, likely, lonely, lovely, silly and ugly.

 

 

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