Wai_Wai  +  47563 Mon, 27 Sep 04 06:17 PM What're the difference among the following: - Incorrectly VS wrong(adv) VS wrongly How about: - right(adv) VS rightly [Moved to http://www.englishforums.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=47573] Wai_Wai Joined on Mon, Sep 27 2004 Full Member 125 I am NOT a native English speaker. Correct me if I make any mistake. Any comment is perfectly welcome. One idea: I advocate acronyms used at a min because: - difficulty to...

	Mister Micawber  +  47765 Tue, 28 Sep 04 02:21 PM I presume you mean 'right' as the antonym of 'wrong'; in which case, their treatment is the same: 'Right' and 'wrong' can be used informally as adverbs (and come after the verb, where 'rightly' and 'wrongly'--which are more formally correct-- can often appear either side of it). They mean 'correctly' and 'incorrectly' respectively. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,760 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Verbs, Resume, Adverbs, Antonyms