Comments on: Thusly, he wrote http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/06/26/thusly-he-wrote/ just starting ... Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:09:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sujay Rao Mandavilli http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/06/26/thusly-he-wrote/#comment-17240 Sujay Rao Mandavilli Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:58:35 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=82#comment-17240 oh my good ! I once knew a guy who thought he could add ly to all adverbs .. like well, better and much he was still learning English though.. the consequences were pretty horrific oh my good ! I once knew a guy who thought he could add ly to all adverbs ..
like well, better and much
he was still learning English though.. the consequences were pretty horrific

]]> By: Jo Vermeulen http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/06/26/thusly-he-wrote/#comment-13583 Jo Vermeulen Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:24:51 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=82#comment-13583 Thanks for the insightful explanation Alan! I'm always looking to improve my English since I'm not a native speaker :-) Thanks for the insightful explanation Alan! I’m always looking to improve my English since I’m not a native speaker :-)

]]> By: alan http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/06/26/thusly-he-wrote/#comment-13574 alan Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:24:24 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=82#comment-13574 I think it is often used, but not good English. I think is is strictly acceptable to say: "he rowed and thus got to the other side" which means "and in this manner" it is then a short step to write things like: "it was a sunny day and thus she went for a swim" The latter means simply "therefore" or "and so" and I think strictly poor English ... but not 100% sure I think it is often used, but not good English.

I think is is strictly acceptable to say:
“he rowed and thus got to the other side”
which means “and in this manner”

it is then a short step to write things like:
“it was a sunny day and thus she went for a swim”

The latter means simply “therefore” or “and so” and I think strictly poor English … but not 100% sure

]]> By: Jo Vermeulen http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/06/26/thusly-he-wrote/#comment-13567 Jo Vermeulen Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:40:12 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=82#comment-13567 You made me curious: should 'thus' only be used to mean 'in this way', or can it also serve as a synonym for 'therefore'? :-) You made me curious: should ‘thus’ only be used to mean ‘in this way’, or can it also serve as a synonym for ‘therefore’? :-)

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