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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| short (adv., adj.) |
| Short can be either an adjective, as in a short haircut, or a flat adverb, as in I cut short my vacation. The regular adverb shortly is semantically different from the flat adverb: He’ll be here shortly, unless he runs short of money. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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