moonlike
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- Mar 26, 2012
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- English Teacher
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- Persian
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- Iran
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- Iran
Hi
In the following sentence, the compound adjective of the bold part is 'high-priced'. Could you tell me why we can't use 'highly-priced'? For instance, highly-paid or highly-strung. Should it be learned by heart or has it got a rule?
Those cars are a very high price.
Thanks a lot.
In the following sentence, the compound adjective of the bold part is 'high-priced'. Could you tell me why we can't use 'highly-priced'? For instance, highly-paid or highly-strung. Should it be learned by heart or has it got a rule?
Those cars are a very high price.
Thanks a lot.