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EngBB Posted 15 years ago
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It's complicated to me!
Some one said this sentence is correct: I go home happy.
I'd say that it's wrong. It should be I go home happily.
One of my friends explain it to me that happy is referring to the subject I, so it's correct.
I gave my friend another example: I hammered the iron flat. Does the flat is referring to the subject I? if my friend's said is correct?the adjective flat is object-oriented instead of subject-oriented.
So I'm wondering what is the solution?
Should I say I go home happily or I go home happy? If both are correct, do they have the same meaning?
I'm so confused as there seems no one can explain it to me logically.
I'd say that it's wrong. It should be I go home happily.
One of my friends explain it to me that happy is referring to the subject I, so it's correct.
I gave my friend another example: I hammered the iron flat. Does the flat is referring to the subject I? if my friend's said is correct?the adjective flat is object-oriented instead of subject-oriented.
So I'm wondering what is the solution?
Should I say I go home happily or I go home happy? If both are correct, do they have the same meaning?
I'm so confused as there seems no one can explain it to me logically.
Top answer
" is correct. This means you go home in a happy manner. "Happily" is an adverb that modifies the verb "go".
- " is correct.
- This means you go home in a happy manner.
- "Happily" is an adverb that modifies the verb "go".
- " is correct.
- This means that you are happy as you go home.
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"I go home happily." is correct. This means you go home in a happy manner. "Happily" is an adverb that modifies the verb "go". Note that you can rearranged the words in the sentence without changing the meaning: "I happily go home." This makes it easier to see that "happily" modifies "go."
"I go home happy." is correct. This means that you are happy as you go home. "Happy" is an ad
"I go home happy." is correct. This means that you are happy as you go home. "Happy" is an ad
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"I hammered the iron flat." The word "flat" can be an adverb, so you might say that it modifies "hammered," but this is actually more of an elliptical kind of sentence, that is, a sentence with words omitted. The complete sentence is something like: "I hammered the iron until it was flat."
"I hammered the iron flat.", with "flat" an adverb modifying "hammered" has a vaguely similar mea
"I hammered the iron flat.", with "flat" an adverb modifying "hammered" has a vaguely similar mea
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