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  1. 10-Apr-2012, 04:08 #1
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    Default Slight or Slightly

    Hi
    Could you kindly help? Here in this sentence "He has a slight balding appearance, with amazing dark eyebrows"
    Why shouldn't we have slightly, because we use it as a modifier to modify balding. Why slight balding not slightly balding?
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    Default Re: Slight or Slightly

    "He has a slight (meaning 3) balding appearance, with amazing dark eyebrows"

    It needs a comma after 'slight'.
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    Default Re: Slight or Slightly

    Quote Originally Posted by 5jj View Post
    "He has a slight (meaning 3) balding appearance, with amazing dark eyebrows"

    It needs a comma after 'slight'.
    Wow! great
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