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decisions do not come easy/easily?

English translation: definitely \"easily\" (if you want your writing to be grammatically correct)


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English term or phrase:decisions do not come easy/easily?
English translation:definitely \"easily\" (if you want your writing to be grammatically correct)
Entered by: Arabella Bishop
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11:05 Aug 26, 2011
English to English translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: decisions do not come easy/easily?
Hello, everyone!
Please, tell me which is correct: The decision to write this book did not come easy to us OR The decision to write this book did not come easily to us?
I prefer the first sentence, but not 100% sure

Would it be similar to 'words don't come easy' or is it from another opera?
Thanks in advance!
Arabella Bishop
Local time: 22:57
definitely "easily" (if you want your writing to be grammatically correct)
Explanation:
In this case, COME is not a linking verb.

"Decisions are not easy" uses the adjective since you are using a linking verb.
"Decisions don't come easily" uses an adverb because it is modifying the verb "come"
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Alex Marshall
United States
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Thank you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +13definitely "easily" (if you want your writing to be grammatically correct)
Alex Marshall


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +13
definitely "easily" (if you want your writing to be grammatically correct)


Explanation:
In this case, COME is not a linking verb.

"Decisions are not easy" uses the adjective since you are using a linking verb.
"Decisions don't come easily" uses an adverb because it is modifying the verb "come"


Alex Marshall
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tetyana Balayeva
1 hr
agree  liz askew
2 hrs
agree  GaryG: While this is not a difficult question for native English speakers, you would have reached a wider audience in the English-English pair
2 hrs
agree  Liz Broomfield
4 hrs
agree  Jenni Lukac
4 hrs
agree  Martin Riordan: Adverbs for verbs, adjectives for nouns!
4 hrs
agree  Jack Doughty
5 hrs
agree  Lindsay Spratt
5 hrs
agree  Adriana Díaz Enciso
5 hrs
agree  Allison Wright: In speech, many native English people seem too lazy to utter two extra syllables to be grammatically correct, even though most know "easily" is the correct form when used adverbially. Sigh. One reason you hear it often.
9 hrs
agree  cyhul
15 hrs
agree  Amel Abdullah
17 hrs
agree  Phong Le
2 days3 hrs
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PRO / non-PRO		Non-PRO (3): Lindsay Spratt, Romado, Allison Wright


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Changes made by editors
Aug 26, 2011 - Changes made by Allison Wright:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO
Aug 26, 2011 - Changes made by Margarita:
Language pairRussian to English => English


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