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<div | <div style="font-size:300%"> Adverbs ending in —amment and —eminent derived from adjectives ending in —ant or —ent</div> | ||
Adjectives ending in -ant and -ent form the adverb with -amment and -emment, respectively: | Adjectives ending in -ant and -ent form the adverb with -amment and -emment, respectively: | ||
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|with valour | |with valour | ||
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There are three forms which do not follow this pattern exactly: | There are three forms which do not follow this pattern exactly: | ||
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NB: véhémentement is quite rare, and avec véhémence is usually preferred. | NB: véhémentement is quite rare, and avec véhémence is usually preferred. | ||
3 forms follow the pattern, but the present participles from which they derive no longer exist in modern French: | 3 forms follow the pattern, but the present participles from which they derive no longer exist in modern French: | ||
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|knowingly | |knowingly | ||
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