--- Henrik Jonsson <antuhej at hotmail.com> wrote: ... > I drink my whisky at room temperature while ignoring the pain. We call > this the "manly" way, although my wife keeps substituting the adverb(*) > "manly" with "stupid"... > > > .. > > > Women... > > > ;-) > > > > > (*: I always thought that English adverbs were identified with the "-ly" > suffix, but "stupid" doesn't end with "-ly"... Then again "way" isn't a > verb, so I guess "manly way" is a grammatical error... Bah, keep your > stoopid > English to yourselves, I can't make heads or tails of it, anyhow. ;-) You're probably joking, just like the people who say X is Mario, but just in case--some English works ending in -ly are adjectives, and "manly" is one. "The manly way" is perfectly correct, and it's also the right way to drink whiskey. Uh, don't tell your wife I said that. Jerry Friedman __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com