A Game of Cold-Blooded Murder [Game Over]

[Chaotix]

If I may correct you, my dear sir, 'thus' is an adverb in its own right, so, adding the '-ly' subject is completely needless and creates a nonexistent word.

I do declare that this proposed game of 'murder' might be interesting of course. Jolly good show, what?

No, you are mistaken.

"Thus" is a verb. "Thusly" is clearly an adverb.

Noun forms include "thussion", "thussitude", and "thusburger".

[Askthepizzaguy]

Don't get me started on the English language.

Historic = adjective.

Historical = adjective.

Therefore, which suffix makes it an adjective? -ic? -ical?

Buffoonery.

[Jarema]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thusly

[Askthepizzaguy]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thusly

If it is in the dictionary, it's a word now. Why? Because it's in use, unlike thousands of other words in the dictionary that no one ever really uses, and the definition is publicly known.

Because language is evolving, it doesn't have many defined or permanent rules. But one of them is, if I can find it in a dictionary, and people use it as a word, it is now a word. That's it, folks.

"Ain't ain't a word."

Except now it is. Suck on that, English teacher.

[Ferret]

I am in agreement with this argument.

The purpose of language is to convey ideas and feelings, if we are able to do that clearly and effectively then the words or grammar used are inconsequential. As long as people understand what you are trying to say, then it is correct.
Having said that if you dare to confuse 'your' and 'you're' I will never forgive you, because I am a hypocrite.

[El Barto]

If it is in the dictionary, it's a word now. Why? Because it's in use, unlike thousands of other words in the dictionary that no one ever really uses, and the definition is publicly known.

Because language is evolving, it doesn't have many defined or permanent rules. But one of them is, if I can find it in a dictionary, and people use it as a word, it is now a word. That's it, folks.

From said wiktionary entry: [INDENT]'thus +‎ -ly, dating from the 19th century, seemingly coined by educated writers to make fun of uneducated persons trying to sound genteel, with a false inference that thus is not an adverb.'[INDENT] Wiktionary ain't an official dictionary, Askthepizzascum. vote: Askthepizzaguy for faulty argumentation

"Ain't ain't a word."

Except now it is. Suck on that, English teacher.

I amn't sucking on anything, colonial mispronouncer.

[Diana Abnoba]

Okay, I'll be IN this game as well.

[johnhughthom]

What a boring argument.