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Old 12-Nov-2006, 00:23
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Default Re: adverbs

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Originally Posted by daisy1352 View Post
I speak louder than my sister. Can we use "more loudly" here ? Do they have the same meaning?

They stand closer to each other .... Is closer an adverb here? Can we say more closely instead of closer here?
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Yes and yes. This is because both words have two adverb forms: loud/loudly and close/closely.
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