6.27 no adverb from adjective

Some adjectives do not form adverbs at all. These include the common qualitative adjectives listed in paragraph 6.23, such as 'big' and 'old'.

Here is a list of some more adjectives that do not form adverbs at all: , afraid, alive, alone, asleep, awake, content, difficult, drunk, foreign, good, hurt, ill, little, long, sorry, standard

• Note that the adverbs relating to 'content' and 'drunk' are formed by adding '-ly' to the past participle forms 'contented' and 'drunken', thus giving 'contentedly' and 'drunkenly'.