Re: Looking for a case: counting

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Joe wrote:

> Philippe Caquant wrote:
>
> >I don't think that 'with a hammer' is an adverbial
> >concept. I never thought of hitting something
> >'hammerly'. It is instrumental. It is something quite
> >different from 'many times', which is a process
> >quantifier as I said.
> >
> >
>
> -ly forms adverbs from adjectives.  I suppose the correct way to make an
> adverb there would be 'hammerfully'..
I've used 'hammerly' (well, not 'hammerly', but +ly on a noun) to mean the
instrumental before... No need to be entirely too pedantic.

--
Tristan.

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