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Are the words “sillily”, “uglily”, “friendlily”, “livelily”, etc., valid English?
I have wondered about how to make the words silly, ugly, friendly, lively, etc. into adverbs, so I researched in the Internet. I found many different answers, so I tried checking Oxford Dictionaries.
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What are the rules for the use of words that have a variant ending in -al? [duplicate]
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Why is it “geometric” but “theoretical”?
“Electric” vs. “electrical”
I think I'm clear on the difference between word ...
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Verbed color names and “-en”
"whitened", "blackened", and "reddened"; but "yellowed", "grayed", and "blued".
Is there some rule or is it just one of those things?
"Greened" makes sense; no one is going to say "greenened".
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Is “incomplex” a legitimate word?
I want to create a poster titled "An Incomplex Introduction to Complexity-based Cryptography." As you see, it contrasts the words incomplex and complexity. (Words like simple or easy do not provide ...
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Is there a rule for which suffix to use when creating adjectives from nouns?
There are many suffixes that are used to create adjectives from nouns (-al, -ic, -ive, -y).
Are there any rules used to create adjectives from nouns? In example, why is the adjective excessive, and ...
