Which sentence is correct and why?

Question

"We deal on a strict cash basis" or "we deal on a strictly cash basis"

Answer 1

"we deal on a strictly cash basis"

Answer 2

we deal on a strictly cash basis is correct.

if you look on

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/e...

and scroll to the answers it will tell you

Answer 3

"We strictly deal on a cash basis."

I dunno why. It sounds better?

Answer 4

Actually, strictly is correct. Here, 'cash' is not a noun - it's an adjective, modifying 'basis'. In English, you can pretty well use any noun as an adjective - tennis shoes, car wash, computer drive, etc. Since 'cash' is an adjective, it must be modified by the adverb - strictly.