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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
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gaze awestruck

She gazed awestruck at the jewels.

"awestruck" is an adjective. How can you explain the use of an adjective there? Is "gaze" also a linking verb (copula)?
  

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Hi, She gazed awestruck at the jewels. "awestruck" is an adjective. How can you explain the use of an adjective there?

— Clive

  • Hi, She gazed awestruck at the jewels.
  • "awestruck" is an adjective.
  • How can you explain the use of an adjective there?
  • It would be easier to see it as an adjective if it were punctuated thus: She gazed , awestruck , at the jewels.
  • However, gaze awestruck is a standard phrase that is usually written without commas.
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Hi,

She gazed awestruck at the jewels.

"awestruck" is an adjective. How can you explain the use of an adjective there?

It would be easier to see it as an adjective if it were punctuated thus: She gazed, awestruck
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