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Vsuresh Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

adjective and adverb

Hi

The girl feels down.
Here down can be adjective for it tells how the girl is. Sometimes we tend to relate down to feel and think can't it be an adverb?

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The girl feels down . ) The girl fell down . (Adverb, verb complement)

  • The girl feels down .
  • ) The girl fell down .
  • (Adverb, verb complement)
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The girl feels down. (Adjective, subject complement) (The girl feels happy, hot, cold, sad...)
The girl fell down. (Adverb, verb complement)
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Thank you,AlpheccaStars.
So, can we say that adverbs are words that modify only action verbs?
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vsureshSo, can we say that adverbs are words that modify only action verbs?
No.

She is here.
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Got it. Thank you,AlpheccaStars.

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