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Encumbered typo?

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[23:45:18] You are encumbered and move extremely slow.

 

It is not incorrect, but doesn't feel right to me. In the UK I might write, instead:

 

"You are encumbered and move extremely slowly." 

or

"You are encumbered and are/become extremely slow." 

 

"Usually slow is used as an adjective and slowly is used as an adverb, but slow can also be used as an adverb."

http://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/Slow-Slowly-and-Flat-Adverbs

 

Slow and slowly seem to be interchangeable adverbs - it depends which feels right to the reader.

 

Interested to hear what other folks use.

 

 

 

 

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It should be extremely slowly as slowly is modifying the move and extremely is modifying the slowly. Informally, extremely slow is fine.

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