greenfields Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Which "l" is eliminated in comfortable + ly? Do we eliminate "le" from comfortable? Or do we eliminate "e" from comfortable and "l" from suffix "ly"? (Never thought of this my entire life until I homeschooled.) Thanks to all in advance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, greenfields said: Which "l" is eliminated in comfortable + ly? Do we eliminate "le" from comfortable? Or do we eliminate "e" from comfortable and "l" from suffix "ly"? (Never thought of this my entire life until I homeschooled.) Thanks to all in advance. I could be wrong, but the way that I understand it is you are modifying the word "comfort" with the suffix "ably" . You're not changing the word "comfortable" but the word "comfort". Treat "comfort" as a base word, so you have ably (suffix that makes an adjective) Comfort + ably (suffix that makes an adjective) and you get: comfortably 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 I love thinking about these things! Without googling, my guess is that we drop the -le and add the -ly. Similar words: suitable / suitably possible / possibly miserable / miserably 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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