apparent-ly

11-10-2006, 08:44 AM

> ...always talking of and dealing in apparently worldly affairs.
>
> Till now, I thought apparently was both an adverb and adjective. But my
> dics. show it as only an adverb; same with seemingly. So apparently we
> must use apparent/seeming to modify worldy affairs. Is that correct?

Well, adverbs exist precisely for the purpose modifying, and in this case
modifying the state of affairs.

ys ard

11-10-2006, 03:44 PM

At 02:44 PM 11/10/2006 +0100, Atmarama (das) BVS (Skopje - MAC) wrote:

> > ...always talking of and dealing in apparently worldly affairs.
> >
> > Till now, I thought apparently was both an adverb and adjective. But my
> > dics. show it as only an adverb; same with seemingly. So apparently we
> > must use apparent/seeming to modify worldy affairs. Is that correct?

Nope. The adv. "apparently" modifies the adj. "worldly". What's wrong with
that?

dd

>Well, adverbs exist precisely for the purpose modifying, and in this case
>modifying the state of affairs.
>
>ys ard
>
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