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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" MissAriadne #205818 05/19/2012 10:38 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted use of "exponential or exponentially" MissAriadne 05/18/2012 9:26 PM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" tsuwm 05/18/2012 9:41 PM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" Faldage 05/19/2012 10:38 AM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" MissAriadne 05/21/2012 11:38 PM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" Tromboniator 05/20/2012 6:49 AM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" Faldage 05/20/2012 10:08 AM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" Tromboniator 05/20/2012 8:52 PM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" Faldage 05/20/2012 11:35 PM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" Tromboniator 05/21/2012 11:01 AM Re: use of "exponential or exponentially" MissAriadne 05/21/2012 11:33 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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