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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Come out well / nice

1) The pictures came out well.
2) The pictures came out nice.

I think both sentence mean the same or extremely similar, so I think that the speech part of 'nice' in the second should be an adverb, but it might be an adjective, right? And then, adjectives can follow 'come out' and is there a meaning difference between the sentences?

Thank you.
  

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Another possibility is this: 3) The pictures came out good . As you can see, 'come out' can take an adjective or an adverb, and 'nice' can be either an adjective or an informal adverb (the formal adverb being 'nicely': 'the pictures came out nicely').

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  • Another possibility is this: 3) The pictures came out good .
  • As you can see, 'come out' can take an adjective or an adverb, and 'nice' can be either an adjective or an informal adverb (the formal adverb being 'nicely': 'the pictures came out nicely').
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Another possibility is this:

3) The pictures came out good.

As you can see, 'come out' can take an adjective or an adverb, and 'nice' can be either an adjective or an informal adverb (the formal adverb being 'nicely': 'the pictures came out nicely').
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Thank you so much and then how about meaning? Is there a slight difference in meaning between them?
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Anonymous how about meaning? Is there a slight difference in meaning between them?
I don't see any, really—they are just vague expressions of approbation.
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