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14-May-2008, 05:58
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| |  "loud", "loudly" and "aloud"
Hi everybody,
Please help me with this question:
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14-May-2008, 09:21
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| | Re: "loud", "loudly" and "aloud"
That is a loud noise.
He spoke the words aloud but she whispered them.
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14-May-2008, 18:36
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| | Re: "loud", "loudly" and "aloud"
Thank you very much, Anglika, but could you please be a bit more specific?
Actually I'm asking about those three words as adverbs
(Besides, I'm not very sure but I think once I've heard this: "Don't speak so loud, I can hear you perfectly well")
Many thanks in advance
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14-May-2008, 19:25
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| | Re: "loud", "loudly" and "aloud"
Unless I am very much mistaken, 'loud' is a word that needn't to be changed into an adverb by adding 'ly'. So you can say: Don't speak so loud. (I suspect the usage of 'loud' as an adverb is more informal) OR Don't speak so loudly. Both are correct. 'aloud' is an adverb meaning 'so that people can hear', used in connection with voice. (interchangeable with 'out loud') The teacher listened to the children reading aloud. She was crying aloud for help. The man laughed aloud and said, "What an amusing story".  | | The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Snowcake For This Useful Post: | |
15-May-2008, 16:55
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| | Re: "loud", "loudly" and "aloud"
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So you can say:
Don't speak so loud. (I suspect the usage of 'loud' as an adverb is more informal)
OR
Don't speak so loudly.
Both are correct.
| Yes, I know both are correct, but I still wonder if there are any difference between them. You know, I think no two words in English are completely the same :)
Many thanks
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15-May-2008, 19:07
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| | Re: "loud", "loudly" and "aloud"
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Originally Posted by newbie  Yes, I know both are correct, but I still wonder if there are any difference between them. You know, I think no two words in English are completely the same :)
Many thanks
Newbie | That's true. The only difference I can think of is that "loud" works perfectly with commands but this is my personal impression.
Speak loud !
She speaks loudly.
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15-May-2008, 19:31
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| | Re: "loud", "loudly" and "aloud"
Thanks a lot, Banderas, and I also want to know some other members' ideas :) | | The Following User Says Thank You to newbie For This Useful Post: | |
15-May-2008, 21:16
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| | Re: "loud", "loudly" and "aloud"
Hi Newbie,
I am neither a teacher nor a native English speaker as you might know this. ( I don't want to mislead other people so I have to state it repeatedly) 
Here are my two cents. 1. aloud
If you read, laugh, say something etc. aloud, you read etc. so that people can hear you
eg She called aloud for help 2.loudly
loudly, the adverb of loud, meaning to speak or say or read in a way that makes a lot of noise.
eg. The bomb exploded loudly. (<--made a lot of noise, unpleasantly) 3. aloud vs. loudly
eg1 She read the poem aloud (<--people can hear that)
eg2 She read the poem loudly (<--She made noise) 4. loud vs. loudly
On the point of adverb, loud and loudly are usually interchangeable, but " loud" can be used in comparative degree.
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17-May-2008, 03:49
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| | Re: "loud", "loudly" and "aloud"
Thanks a lot, thedaffodils :)
And what do you think about these:
Speak louder, please!
Speak aloud, please! (so that people can hear)
Speak more aloud, please!
Regards
Newbie. |
17-May-2008, 06:56
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| | Re: "loud", "loudly" and "aloud"
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Originally Posted by newbie Thanks a lot, thedaffodils :)
And what do you think about these:
Speak louder, please!
Speak aloud, please! (so that people can hear)
Speak more aloud, please!
Regards
Newbie. | Speak louder, please! 
Speak aloud, please! (so that people can hear)
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