a full stand-alone solution, or a fully stand-alone solution

Hello,

I am writing a packaging for a product that will be launched on the US market as an option to a GPS-system, but the product can also be used without a GPS-system, and we need to point that out on a sticker.

Since the information will appear on a sticker, it needs to be very short.

The text we we are discussing is:
'also a fully stand-alone solution'
versus
'also a full stand-alone solution'.

This is the underlying reasoning:

A) The non-native speakers gramatically opt for 'fully' because they consider 'fully' as an adverb to the adjective 'stand-alone'. By that rationale, they would also write 'a completely stand-alone solution' (but the word 'completely' doesn't fit on the sticker).

B) The native speakers say that 'fully' won't work here.

C) I personally think of ending this discussion by simply stating that we don't need the word 'full' or 'fully', for the wording 'stand-alone' already implies this. In other words, it's either stand-alone or not, it can't be partially stand-alone so there's no need to say that it's completely stand-alone...

But I'd still like to know whether 'fully' would be wrong, or why it wouldn't work according to the native speakers...

Kind regards,

Thomas

Personally - on a sticker - I would use "Fully stand-alone solution". It is more important to catch the eye than be concerned with grammatical niceties when aiming to sell the product.

Hello Anglika,

Thanks for your answer!

Kind regards,

Thomas

How about 100% stand-alone solution?

Of course "fully" would be correct if it is an adverb modifying the adjective stand-alone. "full" would be correct as an adjective modifying solution.

Tdoll, 2006,

Thanks for your input!

Thomas