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Writing for Business - slow / slowly



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
CIO, adverbs
slow1.jpg Is your computer running _________?  Disable start-up programs that you don’t use and run your anti-virus application.
a. slow
b. slowly

Answer: b

Explanation:

In spoken English, you may complain that your computer is running slow — but to be grammatically correct, you should use an adverb to describe how your computer is running.

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Calithor  |   Nov 17 2008   6:26PM GMT

Is your computer is running _________? Must be a typo :)
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Thank you Calithor! I fixed the typo.


 
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