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	<title>Comments on: Adjectives and Adverbs: When to use -ly</title>
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		<title>By: Jane</title>
		<link>http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives-and-adverbs-when-to-use-ly/#comment-6791</link>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for sharing your clever poem!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for sharing your clever poem!</p>
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		<title>By: Brian Jones</title>
		<link>http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives-and-adverbs-when-to-use-ly/#comment-6464</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian Jones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Grammar Book,

I just started re-reading the Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation, and came up with this poem to remember &quot;Rule 2.&quot; from the &quot;Adjectives and Adverbs&quot; section:

Roses with noses smell sweetly,
While those with no beak just smell sweet.

Sincerely,

Brian Jones</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Grammar Book,</p>
<p>I just started re-reading the Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation, and came up with this poem to remember &#8220;Rule 2.&#8221; from the &#8220;Adjectives and Adverbs&#8221; section:</p>
<p>Roses with noses smell sweetly,<br />
While those with no beak just smell sweet.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Brian Jones</p>
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		<title>By: Jane</title>
		<link>http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives-and-adverbs-when-to-use-ly/#comment-5865</link>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I believe you are asking about Rules 4 and 5 of the &quot;Hyphens&quot; section.
 
Rule 4 says, &quot;Generally, hyphenate between two or more adjectives when they come before a noun and act as a single idea.&quot;
 
In the phrase&lt;em&gt; friendly-looking man&lt;/em&gt;, &quot;friendly-looking&quot; is a compound-adjective describing the noun &lt;em&gt;man&lt;/em&gt;.  It is not an adverb. That is why there is a hyphen.
 
Rule 5 states, &quot;When adverbs not ending in -ly are used as compound words in front of a noun, hyphenate. When the combination of words is used after the noun, do not hyphenate.&quot;
 
Since all of the examples you gave &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; end in -ly, this rule does not apply to them. Only compound adjectives—adjectives that act as one idea with other adjectives—get hyphenated in front of nouns. According to the &lt;em&gt;Chicago Manual of Style &lt;/em&gt;(7.82), &quot;Compounds formed by an adverb ending in ly plus an adjective or participle (such as largely irrelevant or smartly dressed) are not hyphenated either before or after a noun, since ambiguity is virtually impossible.&quot; Thus, in your examples, the correct usage would be:
 
highly impossible solution
highly developed technology
highly sensitive teeth
closely held corporation
 
family-owned estate (family-owned is a compound adjective).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe you are asking about Rules 4 and 5 of the &#8220;Hyphens&#8221; section.</p>
<p>Rule 4 says, &#8220;Generally, hyphenate between two or more adjectives when they come before a noun and act as a single idea.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the phrase<em> friendly-looking man</em>, &#8220;friendly-looking&#8221; is a compound-adjective describing the noun <em>man</em>.  It is not an adverb. That is why there is a hyphen.</p>
<p>Rule 5 states, &#8220;When adverbs not ending in -ly are used as compound words in front of a noun, hyphenate. When the combination of words is used after the noun, do not hyphenate.&#8221;</p>
<p>Since all of the examples you gave <em>do</em> end in -ly, this rule does not apply to them. Only compound adjectives—adjectives that act as one idea with other adjectives—get hyphenated in front of nouns. According to the <em>Chicago Manual of Style </em>(7.82), &#8220;Compounds formed by an adverb ending in ly plus an adjective or participle (such as largely irrelevant or smartly dressed) are not hyphenated either before or after a noun, since ambiguity is virtually impossible.&#8221; Thus, in your examples, the correct usage would be:</p>
<p>highly impossible solution<br />
highly developed technology<br />
highly sensitive teeth<br />
closely held corporation</p>
<p>family-owned estate (family-owned is a compound adjective).</p>
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		<title>By: dusan vesi</title>
		<link>http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives-and-adverbs-when-to-use-ly/#comment-5817</link>
		<dc:creator>dusan vesi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hello, you wrote that adverbs ending with -ly, where this -ly is not a suffix but just a part of words should not be hyphenated as modifiers. should i hyphenate words like these?
a highly-impossible solution.
a highly-developed technology.
highly-sensitive teeth.
a closely-held corporation.
a family-owned estate.
and why is it that you can hyphenate &#039;a friendly-looking man&#039;, when &#039;friendly&#039; is an adverb?
thank you for your answer</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hello, you wrote that adverbs ending with -ly, where this -ly is not a suffix but just a part of words should not be hyphenated as modifiers. should i hyphenate words like these?<br />
a highly-impossible solution.<br />
a highly-developed technology.<br />
highly-sensitive teeth.<br />
a closely-held corporation.<br />
a family-owned estate.<br />
and why is it that you can hyphenate &#8216;a friendly-looking man&#8217;, when &#8216;friendly&#8217; is an adverb?<br />
thank you for your answer</p>
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