"Speak loudly", "Speak louder" & "Speak more loudly"

[xxwzs]

"Speak loudly", "Speak louder" & "Speak more loudly"

Here come three phrases:
1. Speak loudly!
2. Speak louder!
3. Speak more loudly!
Which is/are correct? If there are multiple phrases working well, how can I discriminatley use them?
Deep thanks to you!!

 

[TheParser]

Re: "Speak loudly", "Speak louder" & "Speak more loudly"

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Great question, XXWZS:

The music is loud; the music in room 6 is louder than the music in room 7; the music in room 8 is the loudest of all three rooms.

As you can see, "loud" is an adjective in those sentences.

*****

She speaks loudly; She speaks more loudly than her husband does; in fact, she speaks the most loudly of all the five people in her family.

As you can see, "loudly" is an adverb.

Here is the problem: Many native speakers do NOT want to take the time and effort to say "She speaks more loudly than her husband does." So they simply use the adjectival form: "She speaks louder than her husband." Since so many native speakers do it, can we say that it is "wrong"? I will keep my opinion to myself.

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: "Speak loudly", "Speak louder" & "Speak more loudly"

'Loud' is an adverb in its own right. By extension, so is 'louder' and 'loudest'.

loud

adv.

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

(Collins)

 

[MikeNewYork]

Re: "Speak loudly", "Speak louder" & "Speak more loudly"

I agree.