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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Adjective or adverb?

The speaker sounds hoarse." Hoarse is an adjective that modifies the noun speaker.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/536/1/

I found this example on the purdue website for an adjective. However the website states that the most common question answered by an adverb is how. So I am thinking... How did the speaker sound? Hoarse... hoarse sounding. This seems to me like it is actually an adverb.

Any input would be appreciated. Thanks
  

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" by convention a word in the predicate position after a linking verb is called an adjective. seems angry; sounds hoarse; looks sad; is happy; ... (adjectives) (How does he seem?

— CalifJim

  • " by convention a word in the predicate position after a linking verb is called an adjective.
  • seems angry; sounds hoarse; looks sad; is happy; ...
  • (adjectives) (How does he seem?
  • How does he sound?
  • How does he look?
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Even if it answers the question "How?" by convention a word in the predicate position after a linking verb is called an adjective.

seems angry; sounds hoarse; looks sad; is happy; ... (adjectives)

(How does he seem? How does he sound? How does he look? How is he?)

There are corresponding words that are truly adverbs: angrily, hoarsely, sadly, happily.
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Hoarse is adjective or adverb
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