17 insidious adverbs in which we often make mistakes

1. Manifold

If we are talking about the possibility of taking something, for example a glass of coffee, with you, then the word "take away" is written together. This is what the Big Explanatory Dictionary says. On this issue, it is better to believe him, not the Internet: Yandex offers 68 million sites with incorrectly spelled “take-away”, and only 10 million with correct “take-away”.

2. With your own eyes

The adverb "with one's own eyes" is used in conjunction with the verb "to see" and means that a person is clearly convinced of something. With the modern striving for brevity, phraseological units rarely go beyond the bounds of book speech. But if you decide to write a novel, write this adverb correctly and forget about "voice".

3. Not for nothing

The adverb "for a reason" is written together, since the prefix cannot be separated from the word without changing its meaning to the opposite. However, in rare cases, a gap between "not" and "casual" can be found. For example, in the sentence “he did it not casually, but according to the plan”. But in this case we are talking about the adverb "casual" in the meaning of "unintentionally" with negation.

4. Half-heartedly

Half-hearted, half-turned, half-hearted, half-voiced - all adverbs that begin with half-are written together. The hyphen comes into play when it comes to nouns, the second part of which begins with a vowel: half-ear, half-turn.

5. Go ahead

There is a school rule: adverbs formed by combining prepositions with nouns are written together if one more word cannot be inserted between these parts of speech. Going ahead is a great illustration of this rule.

6. In a hurry

There is no "hurry" in the modern Russian language. This means that they cannot exist separately without a pretext. When in a hurry and in a hurry, don't forget about it.

7. In addition

The opposite of the word "haste": the noun "addition", although outdated, is still contained in dictionaries. And with a preposition, it is written separately, even if we are talking about an adverb.

8. Truly

Soon you will need this adverb to reply to animated stickers with Easter cakes and eggs in social networks, so it's time to remember that the space is yours - your enemy. As the dictionaries say, "truly" can be both an adverb and an introductory word, but it is always written together.

9. At random

The word "guess" does not exist in nature. If you try to find it in Ushakov's explanatory dictionary, you will find out that “guess” is used only with the prefix na-. Hence, there is no reason to separate them with a space.

10. Sullenly

“Sullenly” is not at all the same as from under some bed, because the word “bed” is there, but “forehead” is not. And since the adverb is spelled together, there is no reason to keep the letter "z" at the beginning of the word. Due to the proximity to the voiceless consonant "p", it is transformed into an equally voiceless "s".

11. Backhand

The same rule applies here: there is no word "swing", there is no gap in "swing".

12. Secretly

The continuous spelling of the adverb "secretly" is considered the only correct one. The same applies to its synonym "on the sly".

13. Soft-boiled

Hard-boiled or soft-boiled - whichever eggs you like, both of these states are indicated by adverbs that are spelled together. Also in the adverb "soft-boiled" there is no space when it comes to a car accident or other incident.

14. On the lookout

If we are talking about the adverb "on the alert" in the meaning "on the alert", then it is written together. The space is required only if you are talking about a pomegranate, and not about a fruit.

15. Draw

Another word that might come in handy this year during the FIFA World Cup is "draw." If we are talking about a game in which no one won, the space is not needed here. Adverbs formed by combining a preposition with a pronoun are written together.

16. Show off

It is easy to make a mistake, because the combination is used in the form of an adverb or a noun with a preposition. In the first case, the space is not needed, and in the second, it is needed.

17. Race

But in the word "race" it is difficult to be mistaken. First, there are no “distillations”. Secondly, even if they existed, it is impossible to insert another word between them and the preposition "on". This means that the space is not needed.

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