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I will watch "careful" (not carefully)

Which is correct, the adverb or adjective modifier?

An old war movie was on last week. An English officer told a German officer that it was his men's duty to try to escape. The German officer replied:

"Then I will have to watch them careful.".
At first I thought that as a German, his English must be bad since he said "careful" instead of the correct "carefully". However, I then remembered that any verb describing one of the five senses is know as a linking verb. Linking verbs take the adjective rather than adverb as a modifier.

So my question, is "I will watch them careful" actually correct or "I will watch them carefully"
Thanks,
DJ
  

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[nq:1]Which is correct, the adverb or adjective modifier? An old war movie was on last week. An English officer ...

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  • [nq:1]Which is correct, the adverb or adjective modifier?
  • An old war movie was on last week.
  • An English officer ...
  • the five senses is know as a linking verb.
  • [/nq] Hopeful not.
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[nq:1]Which is correct, the adverb or adjective modifier? An old war movie was on last week. An English officer ... the five senses is know as a linking verb. Linking verbs take the adjective rather than adverb as a modifier.[/nq]
Hopeful not.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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