tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25407346.post-28951983885762328382008-07-08T09:26:00.003-05:002008-07-08T09:38:01.185-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Behold, The Lowly Dying Adverb</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_HPgceAZgiNE/SHN5UTC2qQI/AAAAAAAAB9o/Ah9Zl0eiyVw/s1600-h/harborJune.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_HPgceAZgiNE/SHN5UTC2qQI/AAAAAAAAB9o/Ah9Zl0eiyVw/s400/harborJune.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220649782669125890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Some would look at this picture and say it is lovely, and that would be correct artistically and grammatically. If, on the other hand, you said it was love, you would be wrong...at least grammatically. Love, as you know, is a noun while lovely is a descriptive term...in this case, an adjective.<br /></div></div><br />To continue, I end each of my posts with the words <span style="font-style: italic;">paddle safe</span>. This is on purpose, and it is grammatically incorrect. I write it knowing it is wrong and in hopes of rankling the readers senses. Paddle is a verb, and something that modifies a verb is an adverb. Most adverbs, in turn, end in -ly. It would be proper to say <span style="font-style: italic;">paddle safely</span>. Then, all would be well with the world.<br /><br />I am not a grammatical snob, but I do get rankled over and over as I repeatedly hear folks say, "I feel bad," when we all know it should be, "I feel badly."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_HPgceAZgiNE/SHN61ab0HmI/AAAAAAAAB9w/TS33auZL6Ns/s1600-h/adoug.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_HPgceAZgiNE/SHN61ab0HmI/AAAAAAAAB9w/TS33auZL6Ns/s400/adoug.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220651451100175970" border="0" /></a>So, tell me that your roll is coming along slowly and not that it is coming along slow. Meanwhile...<br /><br />Paddle safe...<br />DS<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25407346-2895198388576232838?l=silbs.blogspot.com'/></div>Silbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12561606347525787459noreply@blogger.com10