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In article <qb31nad8o33ssakjos33h3371rg6jji0cp@4ax.com>, Gene Wirchenko
<genew@telus.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:49:06 +0200, "Evertjan."
><exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>"The data about Earth speaks for itself" Selv's thin, angry voice came
>>back. "No data speaks for itself," 
>>
>>McCoy said, forceful. "Data just lies there. People speak. The idiom 'speaks 
>
>[snip]
>>btw, wouldn't "forcefully' be more correct here and has English become more 
>>sloppy itself in the 23 c. ce.?
>
>     No.  "forcefully" is correct if referring to how McCoy is
>speaking.  "forceful" is correct if referring to McCoy.  The
>distinction is between McCoy speaking forcefully and McCoy being
>forceful.
>
>     There is not much difference in meaning, but McCoy could have
>been being forceful in more ways than speech.  For example, he might
>have been emphasising his point with hand gestures.

It's because "forceful" is an adjective being applied to an object or
person. That may be converted to the adverb "forcefully" by appending
"ly" in which case it then applies to a verb.

-- 
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a
friend.... if you have one." - GB Shaw to Churchill "Cannot possibly
attend first night, will attend second...  if there is one." - Winston
Churchill, in response.

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Re: Style: new String( "abc" ) Dr J R Stockton <reply1500@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-06-03 22:37 +0100
  Re: Style: new String( "abc" ) "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-06-04 10:49 +0200
    Re: Style: new String( "abc" ) Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-06-04 10:43 -0700
      Re: Style: new String( "abc" ) Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-06-04 18:49 +0100
    Re: Style: new String( "abc" ) Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 13:37 -0700
  Re: Style: new String( "abc" ) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-06-04 18:49 +0200
    Re: Style: new String( "abc" ) Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-06-04 18:47 +0100
  Re: Style: new String( "abc" ) Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-07 18:09 +1000

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