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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Live smart, smartly?

Nowadays in our contry, many people say " live smart or live young..etc, but according to Longman Dictionary, the word, "live" should be followed by adverbs such as live happily. So I really need somebody's help to get out of this confusion, and smart or young can be used as adverbs recently?

Thanks a million in advance.
  

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Anonymous So I really need somebody's help to get out of this confusion, and smart or young can be used as adverbs recently? These are all acceptable phrases by American English Standard. They are exceptions to the verb + adjective and adverb .

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  • Anonymous So I really need somebody's help to get out of this confusion, and smart or young can be used as adverbs recently?
  • These are all acceptable phrases by American English Standard.
  • They are exceptions to the verb + adjective and adverb .
  • We can say: He lives happily.
  • But not: He lives longly Think green Live smart Die hard Live happy Live free Live forever Live long.
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Anonymous So I really need somebody's help to get out of this confusion, and smart or young can be used as adverbs recently?
These are all acceptable phrases by American English Standard. They are exceptions to the verb + adjective and adverb . We can say: He lives happily. But not: He lives longly
Think green
Live smart
Die hard
Live happy
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