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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

adjective vs adverb

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00 I'd be very pleased if you could help me understand the use of adjectives instead of adverbs in certain contexts eg:02br
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01i00Instead of flying 01u00direct02u00 to Rome, we stopped over in Paris ( 02i00why not 01i00directly ? )02br
00 The dart flew 01u00wide02u00 of the target ( 02i00why not 01i00widely ?)02br
00 He is still going although he is eighty. (02i00why not 01i00strongly?02i00)02br
01i00She knocked him 01u00unconscious02u00 ( 02i00why not 01i00unconsciously ? )02br
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02i00Thanks in advance for any answers01i02br
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02br 02br 02i 00They are all correct01i 00, 02i 00except of the first, where you should use01i 00 directly 02i 00 (my preference). 01i 02br 02i 00 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 02br 02br 02i 00They are all correct01i 00, 02i 00except of the first, where you should use01i 00 directly 02i 00 (my preference).
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0 01i00 He is still going 01b00strong02b00 although he is eighty.02br
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0 But why are they used instead of adverbs? For me it's quite weird as it's adverbs that normally function as verb modifiers.0-
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0 01i00Wide02i00 is ALSO an adverb, and so are some of the others, I assume. Use a good dictionary:02br
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0 Adjectives instead of adverbs. Not really. These are abbreviated sentences. The corresponding unabbreviated forms show how the adjective form and its accompanying noun underlie what is really being said.02br
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01i00Instead of flying on a 01u00direct flight02u00 to Rome, we ...02br
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1i00He walked as a 01u00lonely person02u00 walks ...02i01sup00202sup02br
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01sup00202sup00Note the 01i00-ly02i00 word is an adjective, not an adverb. (01i00*lonelily02i00 doesn't exist.)02br
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I don't think "unconscious" is an adjective here, but rather an adverb of degree. I.e., it answers the question "how badly did she beat him?" - She beat him unconscious. "Unconsciously" meanwhile is an adverb of manner.
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unconscious is an "adverbial adjective" in that sentence. It is known as an object-oriented secondary predication, or resultative, or object complement. She beat him until he became unconscious is the idea, so unconscious is like an adverb in that it occurs in an implied adverbial clause, but within that clause it is an adjective.

CJ
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