use of "exponential or exponentially"

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#205813 - 05/18/12 05:26 PM use of "exponential or exponentially"
MissAriadne stranger Registered: 05/18/12 Posts: 6 Loc: Northwest Florida	Which is better? "there is a downside to our exponentially printing of money," or "there is a downside to our exponential printing of money." or "there is a downside to our exponentially printing money." I'm confused.
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#205814 - 05/18/12 05:41 PM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" [Re: MissAriadne]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	the first option just sounds wrong to me; as to the other two, pick 'em depending on context.
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#205818 - 05/19/12 06:38 AM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" [Re: MissAriadne]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	And it sounds wrong for a good reason. It is wrong. In the phrase printing of money, printing is a noun and the whole phrase is a noun phrase. It should take an adjective, not an adverb. In the third sentence printing money is a verb phrase and the verb, printing, takes an adverb.
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#205827 - 05/20/12 02:49 AM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" [Re: MissAriadne]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 693 Loc: Alaska	The rate at which money is being printed could, I suppose, increase exponentially, but how does one print exponentially?
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#205830 - 05/20/12 06:08 AM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" [Re: Tromboniator]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	Originally Posted By: Tromboniator The rate at which money is being printed could, I suppose, increase exponentially, but how does one print exponentially? By increasing the rate at which the printing is done exponentially.
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#205836 - 05/20/12 04:52 PM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" [Re: Faldage]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 693 Loc: Alaska	So..., if I increase my rate of printing dramatically I'm printing dramatically?
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#205837 - 05/20/12 07:35 PM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" [Re: Tromboniator]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	Naw. You don't need the magic of ellipsis if you're printing dramatically.
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#205840 - 05/21/12 07:01 AM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" [Re: Faldage]
Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 693 Loc: Alaska	Ellipsis allows exponential printing with linear inking.
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#205841 - 05/21/12 07:33 PM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" [Re: Tromboniator]
MissAriadne stranger Registered: 05/18/12 Posts: 6 Loc: Northwest Florida	Jeese, I love you guys!!
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#205842 - 05/21/12 07:38 PM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" [Re: Faldage]
MissAriadne stranger Registered: 05/18/12 Posts: 6 Loc: Northwest Florida	Thanks; I thought it(option #1) was wrong, but couldn't exactly remember why. Been a while since I took "grammar calculus" in college.
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