Word-initial or -initially?





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As noted above, sure and sugar are such conspicuous monsters because
word initially su– designates sh only in those two words.




According to oxforddictionaries.com website (+), word-initially is an adverb. However, it seems to me that an adjective is the right choice to modify the noun su- in the above-mentioned sentence. Is that correct?






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  • Regarding the adj/adv. distinction, here is another, though different, question (also by me!): Unusual or Unusually? on ES with a good answer in the comments.
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As noted above, sure and sugar are such conspicuous monsters because
word initially su– designates sh only in those two words.




According to oxforddictionaries.com website (+), word-initially is an adverb. However, it seems to me that an adjective is the right choice to modify the noun su- in the above-mentioned sentence. Is that correct?






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  • Regarding the adj/adv. distinction, here is another, though different, question (also by me!): Unusual or Unusually? on ES with a good answer in the comments.
    – Kaveh
    2 days ago















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Quoting from OUP blog (+):




As noted above, sure and sugar are such conspicuous monsters because
word initially su– designates sh only in those two words.




According to oxforddictionaries.com website (+), word-initially is an adverb. However, it seems to me that an adjective is the right choice to modify the noun su- in the above-mentioned sentence. Is that correct?






adjectives adverbs







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Quoting from OUP blog (+):




As noted above, sure and sugar are such conspicuous monsters because
word initially su– designates sh only in those two words.




According to oxforddictionaries.com website (+), word-initially is an adverb. However, it seems to me that an adjective is the right choice to modify the noun su- in the above-mentioned sentence. Is that correct?






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  • Regarding the adj/adv. distinction, here is another, though different, question (also by me!): Unusual or Unusually? on ES with a good answer in the comments.
    – Kaveh
    2 days ago




















  • Regarding the adj/adv. distinction, here is another, though different, question (also by me!): Unusual or Unusually? on ES with a good answer in the comments.
    – Kaveh
    2 days ago


















Regarding the adj/adv. distinction, here is another, though different, question (also by me!): Unusual or Unusually? on ES with a good answer in the comments.
– Kaveh
2 days ago






Regarding the adj/adv. distinction, here is another, though different, question (also by me!): Unusual or Unusually? on ES with a good answer in the comments.
– Kaveh
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“Word initially” functions as an adverb modifying the following clause. It is no incorrect to use an adverb here (although I guess it might be possible to punctuate it differently).






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