"real" - it's not an adverb

[coffeecat]

real is an adjective such as
"Is that a real piano?"
real cannot be used as an adverb; no matter how hard you try, the following sentence is incorrect
"Updating the software is real easy"
in that particular case, the adverbial form, "really" should be used.


just venting

On this side of the pond, "real easy" just sounds American. But I'm glad to hear that people in Boston have an ear for real English.

[M$LOL]

I'll learn yeh to talk real proper

[Anthem]

I've always wanted to boldly split infinitives where none had been split before.

[bread eyes]

It is perfectly sense it makered, it make an none sense if are force self in brain.

[Hypnoguardian]

English isn't French. In English words are defined by usage not some central arbiter. English dictionaries are supposed to follow usage not prescribe it. At least that's the way it works in the UK.

Personally, as long as efficient communication is occurring I couldn't care less.

[bread eyes]

English isn't French. In English words are defined by usage not some central arbiter. English dictionaries are supposed to follow usage not prescribe it. At least that's the way it works in the UK.

Personally, as long as efficient communication is occurring I couldn't care less.

No, stop being intelligent!

[M$LOL]

I never knew that was how French worked, interesting.

[sw1995]

Meh. Talk is cheap. Cut and paste an original piece of writing and we'll see just how far above the radar of the grammar police you really fly.

-S

[sw1995]

English dictionaries are supposed to follow usage not prescribe it.

You should check out the essay "Authority and American Usage" found in the book "Consider the Lobster and Other Essays" by David Foster Wallace. It will blow your mind.

-S