3. Adjectives ending in -ly
• Incorrect: She smiled friendly.
• Correct: She smiled in a friendly way.
• Incorrect: He laughed silly.
• Correct: He gave a silly laugh
Here the error lies in using an adjective instead of an adverb.
We use adverbs to modify verbs.
Most adverbs end in –ly; there are also a few adjectives that end in ly.
Examples are: costly, friendly, lively, likely, lonely, lovely, silly and ugly.
There are no adverbs costly/costlily or friendly/friendlily.
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