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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Eat healthy
"Eat healthy."
"When you are thinking about the colors for your house, think pink."
"[ A journalist] lived large, ate large, spent large, and, above all, wrote large."
Would you please explain the grammatical justification for using adjectives in these sentences? Thank you.
"When you are thinking about the colors for your house, think pink."
"[ A journalist] lived large, ate large, spent large, and, above all, wrote large."
Would you please explain the grammatical justification for using adjectives in these sentences? Thank you.
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Good question! Because people think it sounds cool? Apple's slogan is/was "Think different".
- Good question!
- Because people think it sounds cool?
- Apple's slogan is/was "Think different".
- The LARGE example is less egregious IMO.
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Good question!
Because people think it sounds cool?
Apple's slogan is/was "Think different".
The LARGE example is less egregious IMO.
Because people think it sounds cool?
Apple's slogan is/was "Think different".
The LARGE example is less egregious IMO.
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I think "Eat healthy" - falls into this category of phrases which are socially accepted as common collocations.
She looks good
It sounds wonderful
The wine tastes terrrible
It feels soft
He talks fast
She walks funny
She looks good
It sounds wonderful
The wine tastes terrrible
It feels soft
He talks fast
She walks funny
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The cases that I think are grammatically questionable are those where an ADVERB has been replaced with an ADJECTIVE.
Eat healthily --> eat healthy
Think differently --> think different
He talks quickly --> He talks fast
She walks oddly --> she walks funny
In these cases, the adjective or adverb is intended to modify the verb, e.g. "talks qui
Eat healthily --> eat healthy
Think differently --> think different
He talks quickly --> He talks fast
She walks oddly --> she walks funny
In these cases, the adjective or adverb is intended to modify the verb, e.g. "talks qui
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Hi,
I agree with your analytical completely. The examples were used merely to demonstrate the idiosyncrasy (if you will) of the language, at least from the spokenEnglish perspective. By no means they offer a suggestion that adjectives can modify verbs. Verbs of senses (feel, looks, tastes etc), to my understanding, can take an adjective to perform what an adverb does to a regular verb.
I agree with your analytical completely. The examples were used merely to demonstrate the idiosyncrasy (if you will) of the language, at least from the spokenEnglish perspective. By no means they offer a suggestion that adjectives can modify verbs. Verbs of senses (feel, looks, tastes etc), to my understanding, can take an adjective to perform what an adverb does to a regular verb.
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