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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
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Sir,
1.She looks better.
"better" here an adjective?
If yes,then why is not an adverb?
Thanks.
1.She looks better.
"better" here an adjective?
If yes,then why is not an adverb?
Thanks.
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It depends whether it is the comparative of the adjective "good" or the adverb "well". I think he looks well, but she looks better. "well" and "better" - adverbs.
- It depends whether it is the comparative of the adjective "good" or the adverb "well".
- I think he looks well, but she looks better.
- "well" and "better" - adverbs.
- I think he looks good, but she looks better.
- "good" and "better" - adjectives.
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It depends whether it is the comparative of the adjective "good" or the adverb "well".
I think he looks well, but she looks better. "well" and "better" - adverbs.
I think he looks good, but she looks better. "good" and "better" - adjectives.
English (unlike French, for example) has no way to distinguish between the comparative of "good" - an adjective - and the comparat
I think he looks well, but she looks better. "well" and "better" - adverbs.
I think he looks good, but she looks better. "good" and "better" - adjectives.
English (unlike French, for example) has no way to distinguish between the comparative of "good" - an adjective - and the comparat
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Isn't one of them there, wadda they called, linking verbs?
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/verbs/linking.html
Other common linking verbs: APPEAR, BECOME, FEEL, GET, GROW, SIT, LOOK, PROVE, REMAIN, SEEM, SMELL, SOUND, TASTE, TURN.
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/verbs/linking.html
Other common linking verbs: APPEAR, BECOME, FEEL, GET, GROW, SIT, LOOK, PROVE, REMAIN, SEEM, SMELL, SOUND, TASTE, TURN.
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