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minus-squaredaddycool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoCan’t wrong also be used as an adverb? Where wrongly is used before the verb, and both wrong and wrongly can be used after the verb?
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-218 days agoNo. I mean, there’s certainly a lot of misuse and poor grammar out there that does use it incorrectly, particularly in the US , but it is incorrect to use “wrong” as an adverb.
minus-squaredaddycool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 days agohttps://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wrongly
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 days agoI’m not sure what your point is. That link appears to support what I said. Are you agreeing?
minus-squaredaddycool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 days agoIt states: In informal language wrong can be used as an adverb instead of wrongly, when it means ‘incorrectly’ and comes after a verb or its object: My name was spelt wrong. I’m afraid you guessed wrong.
*wrongly (it’s an adverb)
Can’t wrong also be used as an adverb? Where wrongly is used before the verb, and both wrong and wrongly can be used after the verb?
No.
I mean, there’s certainly a lot of misuse and poor grammar out there that does use it incorrectly, particularly in the US , but it is incorrect to use “wrong” as an adverb.
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wrongly
I’m not sure what your point is. That link appears to support what I said. Are you agreeing?
It states:
In informal language wrong can be used as an adverb instead of wrongly, when it means ‘incorrectly’ and comes after a verb or its object: