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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
we say :it looks horrible ,or horribly? grammatically ,i think it s the second one but..
please ,i need an answer. thanks.
please ,i need an answer. thanks.
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It looks horrible. The general form is "It looks" + adjective. So: It looks red.
- It looks horrible.
- The general form is "It looks" + adjective.
- So: It looks red.
- It looks dead.
- It looks ugly.
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It looks horrible.
The general form is "It looks" + adjective.
So:
It looks red.
It looks dead.
It looks ugly.
It looks happy.
Horribly is an adverb, not an adjective.
The general form is "It looks" + adjective.
So:
It looks red.
It looks dead.
It looks ugly.
It looks happy.
Horribly is an adverb, not an adjective.
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The reason you need the adjective instead of the adverb is that you mean "He looks [as if he is ] horrible," not "he looks/watches in a horrible manner."
You would only use an adverb after "looks" if you were actually describing the manner of looking. ("When collecting seashells he looks very carelessly, so he doesn't find very many.")
You would only use an adverb after "looks" if you were actually describing the manner of looking. ("When collecting seashells he looks very carelessly, so he doesn't find very many.")
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