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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Keep perfect time
"My watch keeps perfect time."
Shouldn't we write the above sentence as "My watch keeps time perfectly" to make it grammatical ?
Shouldn't we write the above sentence as "My watch keeps time perfectly" to make it grammatical ?
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"To keep time" is an idiom. The adjective is simply added. Hmmm, I outsmarted myself.
- "To keep time" is an idiom.
- The adjective is simply added.
- Hmmm, I outsmarted myself.
- There's nothing wrong with using the adverb, especially if you consider this a compound verb.
- ) I play very bad bridge!
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"To keep time" is an idiom. The adjective is simply added.
Hmmm, I outsmarted myself.
There's nothing wrong with using the adverb, especially if you consider this a compound verb.
(I suspect that analysis is optional.)
I play very bad bridge! (This sort of statement is natural.)
Hmmm, I outsmarted myself.
There's nothing wrong with using the adverb, especially if you consider this a compound verb.
(I suspect that analysis is optional.)
I play very bad bridge! (This sort of statement is natural.)
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Debpriya De"My watch keeps perfect time."Shouldn't we write the above sentence as "My watch keeps time perfectly" to make it grammatical ?You can make that change if you wish, but you don't have to, because the original sentence is also correct.
CJ
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