Íåêîòîðûå ëþäè ñ÷èòàþò, ÷òî âñå íàðå÷èÿ çàêàí÷èâàþòñÿ íà ly. Ñóùåñòâóåò äåéñòâèòåëüíî ìíîãî íàðå÷èé, êîòîðûå äåéñòâèòåëüíî çàêàí÷èâàþòñÿ íà ly, íî, âåðîÿòíî, ñòîëüêî æå íå çàêàí÷èâàþòñÿ íà ly. Ìíîãèå íàðå÷èÿ îáðàçóþòñÿ ïóòåì äîáàâëåíèÿ ly ê ôîðìå ïðèëàãàòåëüíîãî:
| Adjectve | Adverb | Adjective | Adverb |
| strange | strangely | awkward | awkwardly |
| sudden | suddenly | necessary | necessarily |
| calm | calmly | strict | strictly |
| sure | surely | forcible | forsibly |
| usual | usually | extreme | extremely |
| swift | swiftly | similar | similarly |
| rapid | rapidly | sliht | slightly |
Íèæå ïðèâåäåíû ïðèìåðû íåêîòîðûõ íàðå÷èé, íå çàêàí÷èâàþùèõñÿ íà ly:
| seldom | little | why | fast |
| again | here | now | twice |
| soon | there | then | too |
| very | rather | since | much |
| almost | often | well | quite |
| late | when | near | yonder |
| hard | where | far | how |
Ìíîãèå ïðèëàãàòåëüíûå òàêæå çàêàí÷èâàþòñÿ íà ly. Èõ ìîæíî ñïóòàòü ñ íàðå÷èÿìè íà ly. Ñëåäóþùèå ñëîâà, çàêàí÷èâàþùèåñÿ íà ly, ÷àùå âñåãî èñïîëüçóþòñÿ êàê ïðèëàãàòåëüíûå. Íåêîòîðûå èç íèõ ìîãóò èñïîëüçîâàòüñÿ è êàê íàðå÷èÿ:
| stately | lovely | saintly | manly |
| lonely | womanly | lively | courtly |
Ôîðìû íåêîòîðûõ ïðèëàãàòåëüíûõ ñîâïàäàþò ñ ôîðìàìè íàðå÷èé.  ýòîì ñëó÷àå îïðåäåëèòü, ïðèëàãàòåëüíîå ýòî èëè íàðå÷èå, ìîæíî òîëüêî â êîíêðåòíûõ ïðåäëîæåíèÿõ.
That was a hard task (hard - ïðèëàãàòåëüíîå,
çàâèñèò îò
task)
Our janitor works hard (hard - íàðå÷èå,
çàâèñèò îò
works)
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