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Old Mon Jan 08, 2007, 12:02pm
Nevadaref Nevadaref is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes
adjective
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Looks like my usage was just fine.
No, you used the word as an adverb. It explained how you did not want him to take your comment. Thus you needed an "ly" at the end. I even included the example sentence from the dictionary for you, which is nearly identical to what you wrote.

But don't believe me, we can wait for rainmaker to show up and tell you the same thing.
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