Thank you, Geoffrey and Herb, for your responses.

Did you all hear about the "Wheel of Fortune" contestant whose answer was disallowed because her Florida dialect did not "pronounce the g" in -ing endings? Pretty outrageous. Here's a link: http://abcnews.go.com/news/t/blogEntry?id=18050343

Dick

On Jan 15, 2013, at 12:22 AM, Geoffrey Layton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I hate to correct you, but the term is "smokin' hot!"
 
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:02:21 -0500
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Subject: Re: grammar question/adverb or adjective
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I can think of some people who are smoking hot.

And speaking of degree modifiers, I wonder what the origin is of "brand" in "brand new." Are there other degree adverbs that modify only one particular adjective?

Nice to have this list back from hiatus.

Dick



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