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Have you weighed the letter?

Have you weighted the letter?

Weight is a noun and we can't use it as a verb. The verb is weigh (without the t).

The little girl sang beautiful.

The little girl sang beautifully.

We use an adverb, and not an adjective, to qualify a verb.

After verbs such as look, feel, sound, taste, smell use an adjective instead of an adverb: Sugar tastes sweet (not sweetly).

Jill loved money; she was a miser.

Jill loved money; she was miser.

Miser i s a noun, and we can't use it as an adjective. The adjective is miserly: She was miserly.

The goalkeeper plays very good.

The goalkeeper plays very well.

Good is an adjective only, and we can't use it as an adverb

I had a good shoot at the goal.

I had a good shot at the goal.

Shoot (in football) is the verb. The noun is shot.

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