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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Acting fidgety / fidgetily

A: I am not myself when I am hungry.
B: That's why you are acting fidgety.

I saw the dialogue and I was wondering if 'acting fidgetily' because act + adjective implies pretending the action but here in this dialogue, it is like She acts strangely(adverb), not She acts dumb(adjective).

What do you native English speakers think and how do you use it?

Thank you so much as usual in advance!
  

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Hans51 B: That's why you are acting fidgety. That doesn't seem natural. B: That's why you are fidgety.

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  • Hans51 B: That's why you are acting fidgety.
  • That doesn't seem natural.
  • B: That's why you are fidgety.
  • (adjective) B: That's why you are fidgeting.
  • (verb)
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Hans51B: That's why you are acting fidgety.
That doesn't seem natural.

B: That's why you are fidgety. (adjective)
B: That's why you are fidgeting. (verb)
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I can accept "acting fidgety", "acting strange" and others similar, at least in informal English.
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GPYI can accept "acting fidgety", "acting strange" and others similar, at least in informal English.
Thank you so much as usual and then I was wondering fidgety is an adverb or an adjective? I learned that the strange in act strange is an adverb in a informal way. What do you think? Thank you so much again.
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Hans51Thank you so much as usual and then I was wondering fidgety is an adverb or an adjective? I learned that the strange in act strange is an adverb in a informal way. What do you think? Thank you so much again.
"strange" feels like an adverb to me. I'm not so sure about "fidgety". I suppose by analogy it should be an adverb too, but cases like this can be d
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