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hello, I'm really confused now.
I haven't thought that 'drive slow' is grammartically right.
But, I happened to hear that from the movie 'Rumor has it.'
It's kind of trauma when the things you've believed strongly turned out to be wrong.
Always good luck!
Drive slowly-is appropriate.GO SLOW is also fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by peterwook
Slow can be used as an adverb says the dictionary.
slow - Definitions from Dictionary.com
By the way they give the same example that you used here.
Anyway, as I'm neither a native speaker nor a teacher I don't know if it's common to use it as an adverb.
Similar structures: speak slower
speak more slowly.
It reminds me of a double predicate: The moon rose round and yellow,
where 'round and yellow' characterize the moon, not the action 'rose'.
Drive slow is common, at least in American English.Quote:
Originally Posted by anreak
Good post, anreak.
:-D;-)
slow
adverb :at a slow speed
I can't walk any slower.
slow-moving traffic
a slow-burning candle
Amer.Eng.: He drives too slow!
Excuse me, if 'slow' is an adverb what is 'slowly'?Quote:
Originally Posted by David L.
It's also an adverb. ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Clark
I suppose it's not always been an adverb. It probably became one because of the road signs as it was: imperative, easier to read when driving fast and even saved space on the sign :roll:
Soup, I like your sense of humour. :-DQuote:
Originally Posted by Soup