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If you're going to try to swear like a 60's Brit, at least get you bloody grammar right. ;-) <strikethrough> "bloody" is an adjective, not an adverb, so </strik
by scoot 7y ago
If you're going to try to swear like a 60's Brit, at least get you bloody grammar right. ;-) <strikethrough> "bloody" is an adjective, not an adverb, so </strikethrough>:
"We can't even keep the bloody yellow markings on the road visible"
- clouddrover 7y agoIt's bloody well both: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloody https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloody
- scoot 7y agoHmm, you're absolutely right! (And the dictionary I consulted is as wrong as I was.) So why does the post I was replying to not work as is?
- clouddrover 7y agoIt does bloody work as is. People bloody say "bloody verb" all the bloody time. Here's a bloody example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWhjojt5dw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWhjojt5dw
- antonvs 7y agoProbably just because you're not familiar with the usage.
- Doctor_Fegg 7y agoThe "even" both breaks up the flow and makes the "bloody" unnecessary - i.e. you've already said "even", you don't need to say "bloody" too. So although there's nothing grammatically wrong with the sentence, it reads awkwardly. A native British English speaker would be more likely to use your suggestion. It's just one of those barely documented curiosities like adjective order (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/sentence-order-adjectives-rule-elements-of-eloquence-dictionary https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/senten...).
- scoot 7y agoOh, that's brilliant! I'd seen this described before, but not distilled down to that specific order. Thank you!