Quote Originally Posted by Oneironaut
I've been wondering for a while why English doesn't allow you to create adverbs out of adjectives that happen to end with "ly". In German, there is no problem using "heilig", "freundlich" or "brüderlich" as adverbs, but in English there is no way to make adverbs out of the corresponding words "holy", "friendly" or "brotherly". You can't say "He friendlyly gave me a present." or "The priest performed the ceremony most holyly." You can't even say "He weaselyly cheated me out of five dollars."

Also, what's up with the fact that some verbs just don't work in certain tenses? The words "can", "must" and "should" primarily. You can't say "I will can..." or "I don't want to must..." or "Yesterday I shoulded..." Instead, we're forced to use odd circumlocutions like "I will be able to...", "I don't want to have to..." and "Yesterday I was supposed to..."

Someday I'm going to must fix this screwy language and it will be lovelyly more logical...
Ultimately, this doesn't have any consequence to the effectiveness of the language though? Nearly all scientific journals are in English and never once have I seen a want for more language or more diction.

For example,

He gave me a present with a friendly disposition.

The most holy ceremony was reserved for the priest.

If you want some crazy language try a tonal language like Chinese or Vietnamese. One word can evoke a ton of emotion and deep thought in a way European languages likely will never be able to.