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The adverb is dead.

Anybody else noticed? I’m doing good (rather than well). I want it bad (rather than badly). I was driving slow (rather than slowly). And so on. I’m not judging. Just observing that the English language is changing before our eyes.

PhitDoctor50 7 June 28
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It is changing. I still prefer using words and sentences that are grammatically correct by old school standards.

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One that's caught my attention more lately is when people can't seem to decide between "more <adjective>" and "<adjective>er." For example, when food is "more saltier." it makes me cringe sometimes. Pick one!

JILost Level 5 June 29, 2018
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Deteriorating, IMO. If you want kids to speak well, you've got to get them reading early and teach them spelling and grammar. I was shocked when I went to college in 2008 to see such mistakes aren't even marked incorrect anymore.

That should be either, "incorrect" in quotes, or use incorrectLY, please

@PhitDoctor50 b3cause the use of quotes erases the incorrect usage. And "incorrectly" Would be the correct word.......

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Well, English is a living language, and that means things are going to change on us. Some of it is annoying, but inevitable.

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It still annoys me.
There's a sign in the Rowan County high school parking lot, "Drive Slow" and when I was doing substitute teaching there in the early 2000s, every time I saw the sign I mentally added an "ly."

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IMO It's abbreviation due to the mobile phone. am i rit?

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If I may be so bold I have to suggest that it is in America that this is happening. I live in the UK and we still use adverbs. We do however have other bad grammatical errors becoming common, such as ”I done it” instead of I did it. Drives me crazy!

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I like the adverb. It bothers me when people use bad grammar.....and I live in Texas where correct verb tenses seem to be dead too. Also....have you noticed that many people now say 'whenever' when they should be saying 'when'? What's up with that?

"Oh, that happened whenever we were on vacation."

So are you saying this thing happened every time you were on vacation anywhere? No? Then it's "when". URGH.

I noticed that only when I moved to the south. Was talking about it just the other day. When they say “Whenever I went to the store...,” my brain says “Well, when did you go to store?”

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No! No! Say it ain't so!

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