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韓 Sir 資深英語教師
英語世界內的 Adjectives (形容詞)和 Adverbs (副詞)看似簡單，形容詞主要是用來描述名詞；副詞則用來描述動詞，但也可描述形容詞或另一副詞，用法較複雜，種類也繁多，這回只講加了‘ly’的副詞。
看看下列句子，您認為應用形容詞？還是副詞：
1. Jane has a pretty/prettily smile.
2. Jane always smiles pretty/prettily .
3. John is a careful/carefully driver.
4. John always drives careful/carefully.
5. We can see how strong/strongly a man he is.
6.We can see how strong/strongly they feel about this issue.
7.This is a possible/possibly way to solve the problem.
8.We can't possible/possibly solve the problem in time.
很明顯，句1、3、5和7都必須用形容詞，因為都是用來描述名詞的：‘pretty smile’，‘careful driver’，‘strong man’和 ‘possible way’。
句2、4、6 和 8 都必須用副詞，因為都是用來描述動詞的：‘smile prettily’，‘drive carefully’，‘feel strongly’和‘solve possibly’。
用形容詞或副詞 有時並不明顯
不過，有時候並非那樣明顯的，看看下列例子，試找出應該用形容詞或副詞：
1. The moon is shining bright/brightly in the sky.
2. You can buy fresh fish cheap/cheaply in this market.
3. We flew direct/directly to Canada.
4. Do they always play this rough/roughly ?
5. That will cost you dear/dearly.
6. The government is going slow/slowly on that policy.
7.Most people want to get rich quick/quickly.
8.Come on, you two, fight fair/fairly !
所有人都100分
無論您選答甚麼，這一次您一定獲得100分！因為每一題都可用有或沒有‘ly’那一個字。為甚麼呢？原來上列8對字內，沒有‘ly’的‘bright’，‘cheap’，‘direct’，‘rough’，‘dear’，‘slow’，‘quick’和 ‘fair’，都可以作副詞用，跟有‘ly’的一樣通用！所以有沒有‘ly’便不成問題了。文首提及副詞較複雜，此其一也。
試找出下列句子的錯處：
1. His monthly salary is only $4,000.
2. This is a weekly magazine.
3. Jack is a friendly chap.
4. Judy is a kindly old lady.
5. They went for a leisurely walk in the park.
6. The most likely outcome is that nobody can get them all right.
原來6題都正確無誤 ！這些加了‘ly’的字，並非副詞，都是形容詞！所以大家要留意：副詞或形容詞，不能單看有沒有‘ly’來決定。英語世界內「不遵守常規」的變化多的是，還是多看多讀吧！
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