"You're doing it wrong"Chthonic confesses: "Only last year did I discover why the lids of things in tubes have a recessed pointy bit built into them." Tell us about the facepalm moment when you realised you were doing something wrong.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:23)
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Strictly speaking...."wrong" is an adverb as well as an adjective.
"wrongly" is an adverb only and usually comes before the adjective it describes.
eg: "He played the tune wrong"
and "the tune was wrongly played" - both correct
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GoodLord, you're right enough!I didn't know that. You have just added to my wisdom. Next time I'll not be such a smart arse.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 12:21,
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being technically correct...Is the best kind of correct. It makes me all warm & fuzzy inside.
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