In Adverbs^x, Analogies^x

Here's what it says at dictionary.com—Usage note Both more important and more importantly occur at the beginning of a sentence in all varieties of standard English: More important (or More importantly), her record as an administrator is unmatched. Today, more importantly is the more common,...

Pieanne wrote: Maybe "basicly" became "basically" for the sake of pronounciation, and by analogy with the other -ally adverbs? There may be a better reason, though, but I don't know it. Bonne journee, Pieanne! I thought so too, for the ease of proNUNciation. But to give it a second...

Maybe "basicly" became "basically" for the sake of pronounciation, and by analogy with the other -ally adverbs? There may be a better reason, though, but I don't know it.

Misters Micawber and CalifJim, I use a handy software utility called //www.gurunet.com">GuruNet which in turn uses the electronic version of the American Heritage dictionary. I see some of the same material that you do. For example, for "badly" I see the following: USAGE NOTE Bad is often...

Since we can say ' Do your best ' so by analogy we can also say ' Do my best ' ' do my very best ' - the ' very ' serves as an adverb to modify ' best ', so there is no harm being added

This book looked promising – it was subtitled A How-Not-To Guide to the 47 Most Common Mistakes in English Made by Journalists, Broadcasters, and Others Who Should Know Better – and in the first few pages I came across a passage referring to that group: What did these people study in high school...