[Grammar] speak louder or speak more loudly

[Oceanlike]

I used 'louder' for a grammar exercise. The given answer is 'more loudly'. Why is it so?

The emcee encouraged every person to speak LOUDER/MORE LOUDLY when they deliver their speech.

Thank you.

 

[Rover_KE]

Both versions are correct. The word 'loud', besides being an adjective, is also an adverb in its own right, so speak louder is fine.

loud

adv.

1. in a loud manner: loudly: Don't talk so loud.

(Collins)

 

[Tdol]

Why is it so?

It isn't for me, but such things do creep into quizzes when the writer has one thing in mind.

 

[Tarheel]

Two things, Oceanlike.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with louder. In fact, you hear it often. Example: "I couldn't understand you. Please speak louder." However, more loudly seems downright weird to me.

There is no need to put "Thank you" in your opening post. In fact, I wish you wouldn't.

 

[Rover_KE]

So do I. I see you have clicked 'Thank' 367 times in the past after you have received responses.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Two things, Oceanlike.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with louder. . . . However, more loudly seems downright weird to me. . . .

Both sound fine to me.

Oceanlike, when you get several different opinions here, it just means that there are a lot of ways to speak English.

 

[Oceanlike]

Two things, Oceanlike.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with louder. In fact, you hear it often. Example: "I couldn't understand you. Please speak louder." However, more loudly seems downright weird to me.

There is no need to put "Thank you" in your opening post. In fact, I wish you wouldn't.

Me too! I think 'more loudly' is so weird!

About the "Thank you" that I usually put along with my original post, it's just natural to me as I appreciate folks like you taking time to help me understand stuff. May I know is it not okay to do that? It comes naturally to me to express my appreciation via 'thank you'.

"In fact, I wish you wouldn't" ---- why? I sincerely appreciate being able to learn from all of you.

 

[emsr2d2]

Me too! I think 'more loudly' is so weird!

About the "Thank you" that I usually put along with my original post, it's just natural to me as I appreciate folks like you taking time to help me understand stuff. May I know is it not okay to do that? It comes naturally to me to express my appreciation via 'thank you'.

"In fact, I wish you wouldn't" ---- why? I sincerely appreciate being able to learn from all of you.

It's entirely natural to thank people for their help ... after they help you! That's what the "Thank" button is for.

 

[Oceanlike]

So do I. I see you have clicked 'Thank' 367 times in the past after you have received responses.

Usually I click "Thank" when I'm unsure about the accuracy of the reply due to my inability to understand the way things are phrased OR to express thanks to the person who took time to reply.

I didn't know it's frowned on :-(

I'll learn not to click 'Thank' then.

 

[Oceanlike]

It's entirely natural to thank people for their help ... after they help you! That's what the "Thank" button is for.

Oh I see...then what about the "Like" button? It's when I like the reply? Then i'll be clicking on 'Thank' and 'Like' many times :-D

 

[Rover_KE]

It's usually enough to click one of the above.

 

[emsr2d2]

Teachers/native speakers usually click the "Like" button to indicate that they agree with the contents.
Learners click on the "Thank" button to show their gratitude for the information in a post.
Teachers/native speakers click on the "Thank" button (usually) to show that they also learned something from a post.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Usually I click "Thank" when I'm unsure about the accuracy of the reply due to my inability to understand the way things are phrased OR to express thanks to the person who took time to reply.

I didn't know it's frowned on :-(

I'll learn not to click 'Thank' then.

No one is frowning except your little round friend there.

Use Thank to thank. If you like a post, use Like.

Simple!

 

[GoesStation]

About the "Thank you" that I usually put along with my original post, it's just natural to me as I appreciate folks like you taking time to help me understand stuff. May I know is it not okay to do that? It comes naturally to me to express my appreciation via 'thank you'.

"In fact, I wish you wouldn't" ---- why? I sincerely appreciate being able to learn from all of you.

There's a simple, practical reason why those of us who frequently answer questions here prefer that you don't include a closing line in your posts. We like to keep quoted text as short as possible, so we delete extraneous material from quotes—including the "Thank you" some posters courteously add. This gets tedious after a while.

There's a simple alternative: open your profile and add a signature line. Signatures appear below the body of a post and aren't included when quoting, so they provide a way for you to add a courteous "thanks" without making responders do extra work.

My signature line says "I am not a teacher." Yours could say something about your gratitude for the help you get here.

 

[Oceanlike]

There's a simple, practical reason why those of us who frequently answer questions here prefer that you don't include a closing line in your posts. We like to keep quoted text as short as possible, so we delete extraneous material from quotes—including the "Thank you" some posters courteously add. This gets tedious after a while.

There's a simple alternative: open your profile and add a signature line. Signatures appear below the body of a post and aren't included when quoting, so they provide a way for you to add a courteous "thanks" without making responders do extra work.

Oh dear! I didn't know that the "Thank you" in my original post gave responders extra work! I'm so sorry. I'll be sure NOT to include a "thank you" in future. I appreciate the education here.