Stenka25  +  514614 Sat, 17 May 08 12:47 AM StartFragment> Another grammar question. Recognize that only when you make the right changes to your thinking, other things begin to turn out [right/ rightly] in your life. They say the answer is 'right,' not 'rightly.' What I want to ask is why 'rightly' can't be used. I did 'google' again. And I found out... ‣The Only Thing that Counts: The Ernest Hemingway/Maxwell Twenty-two years of correspondence between Ernest Hemingway and his editor, Maxwell Perkins, are covered in a volume... Aug. 5, 1937 "Dear Ernest; ...If he will only begin to dramatize himself as the man who came back now, everything may turn out rightly.   I thinks 'right' and 'rightly' both should be right, even if 'right' is dominant. What do you think? Stenka25 Joined on Thu, Jul 13 2006 Seoul, South Korea Full Member 242 Grammar

	Marius Hancu  +  514616 Sat, 17 May 08 12:53 AM  Use Google Books, it's more educated than plain Google: http://books.google.com 10 of 64 on "turn out rightly" 794 on "turn out right" (much more frequent) Both correct, but look at the dates of books here:  10 of 64 on "turn out rightly" http://books.google.com/books?q=%22turn+out+rightly%22&lr=&sa=N&start=20 most of them are old, and you don't want to sound old-fashioned.         Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673 Dates

	Avangi  +  514619 Sat, 17 May 08 12:58 AM I think because "rightly" is an adverb it describes the process of "turning out," while "right" as an adjective describes the product.  I guess the same could be said of "correct" and "correctly."  A thing turns out [to be] correct.  (We need the "to be"???)  "A thing turns out correctly," is more common. Anyway, I agree that both right and rightly are useful.   - A. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,211 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier Verbs, Adverbs

	Marius Hancu  +  514622 Sat, 17 May 08 01:02 AM Also, for AmE, by searching the New York Times site with plain Google for: site:nytimes.com "turn out right" site:nytimes.com "turn out rightly" it's even more pronounced: 243 from nytimes.com for "turn out right" 0 from nytimes.com for "turn out rightly" Marius Hancu

	MrPedantic  +  514625 Sat, 17 May 08 01:12 AM 1. Things turn out right. 2. ?Things turn out rightly. #2 would sound a little odd, in BrE; though it may well occur in other kinds of English. In #1, I would take "turn out" as a linking verb; "right" as a subject complement. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Verbs