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Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

shine warm

May the sun shine warm upon your face and the wind be always at your back.

The above sentence is quoted from a dictionary.

Is it grammatically correct? Why not say shine warmly?
  

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Warm is an alternative (and somewhat poetic) adverb of warm . '

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Warm is an alternative (and somewhat poetic) adverb of warm.

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