Hi
Please help me with this:
Is it acceptable to say that there is a 20% off on a regularly priced item?
I see this very often on American websites. OR, is it more 'grammatically correct' to say, "....regular-priced item"?
Thanks
Should there be '-ly'
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Re: Should there be '-ly'
The following are correct.
Regular price.
Regularly priced.
Regular price.
Regularly priced.
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Re: Should there be '-ly'
The suffixes -ly is mostly use when the word is adjective. Grammatically speaking regular priced is the correct way to say.
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Re: Should there be '-ly'
priced is an adjective modifying the word item.
regularly is an adverb modifying the adjective priced.
Words with suffix -ly added at the end of the root/main word is an adverb. Adverbs are words that modify an adjective, verb or another adverb.
Your first statement is correct.
"Is it acceptable to say that there is a 20% off on a regularly priced item?"
regularly is an adverb modifying the adjective priced.
Words with suffix -ly added at the end of the root/main word is an adverb. Adverbs are words that modify an adjective, verb or another adverb.
Your first statement is correct.
"Is it acceptable to say that there is a 20% off on a regularly priced item?"