top | item 44200461 (no title) rjmill | 8 months ago Can you give an example? I've never noticed that (except for certain specific dialects and slang) but I may be blind to it. discuss order hn newest halper|8 months ago I hear it most often with "real": it is real bad, good or weird. The Offspring wants you bad. colanderman|8 months ago Oh yes! This works with other intensifiers as well. "Crazy good", "wicked bad", "mad smart", etc. To my ears, eliding the -ly changes the meaning from the literal reading, to specifically the intensifier reading. gadders|8 months ago "Think Different" "That went perfect" etc
halper|8 months ago I hear it most often with "real": it is real bad, good or weird. The Offspring wants you bad. colanderman|8 months ago Oh yes! This works with other intensifiers as well. "Crazy good", "wicked bad", "mad smart", etc. To my ears, eliding the -ly changes the meaning from the literal reading, to specifically the intensifier reading.
colanderman|8 months ago Oh yes! This works with other intensifiers as well. "Crazy good", "wicked bad", "mad smart", etc. To my ears, eliding the -ly changes the meaning from the literal reading, to specifically the intensifier reading.
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