In an interview on Charlie Rose this evening, Charles Gibson said 
(approximately) "At ABC we take the obligation to report world news very 
serious." 
I suspect a few years ago, he would have said "seriously" instead. The 
shift away from adding the ly to adverbs of manner was noticeable first 
among sportcasters but has since spread to many areas of the media. Of 
course all living languages change over time; such changes are probably 
being accelerated by the widespead example of the media. This would make 
for an interesting class discussion. But is it appropriate for today's 
teacher to permit this kind of variation, especially in writing; or would 
it be better to penalize failure to add the ly? How can one convince 
students eiher way?

Thanks
Elizbeth Ward

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