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especial affects ?

 
 
Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2010 04:31 pm

Should "especial affects " be "especially affects "?
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ADHD:
a medical condition that especial affects children and causes them to be too active and unable to be quiet or pay attention to anything for very long
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2010 04:43 pm
@oristarA,
Yes,

"A medical condition that especially affects children... " is a valid phrase where "especially" is an adverb. The original sentence is incorrect.
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Reply Thu 25 Feb, 2010 06:58 pm
@ebrown p,
Thanks
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