Tensions running high..

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Hi!!We say: Tensions were running high.Clearly the following is not corect:Tensions were running highly.Can someone let me know what is 'grammatically' wrong with the second sentence.Thanks,Bharosey.

Avangi · Accepted Answer

There's nothing wrong with it grammatically. It's simply not idiomatic. "Native speakers" would not say it.
My car is running hotly?

I'm sure someone has a rule for it: With certain words like X, etc. - -

Best regards, - A.

Awence · Answer

You look beautiful.   but not you look beautifully , as the the adjective describe the subject.

Avangi · Answer

AwenceYou look beautiful. but not you look beautifully , as the the adjective describe the subject.

I wonder if "to run" qualifies as a "verb of sense."

I know there has to be some "category" involved here!

But you're right. The parallel is definitely in order. [Y]

CalifJim · Answer

AvangiI wonder if "to run" qualifies as a "verb of sense."

More like a linking verb, I'd say.

The car is hot.
The car is becoming hot.

The car runs hot.

Susan is happy.
Susan looks happy.
Susan seems happy.
Susan is acting happy.

CJ

Avangi · Answer

Hi Jim,
Are verbs of sense a sub-category of linking verbs?
Are all of the verbs in your post "linking verbs"?

Thanks, - A.

CalifJim · Answer

AvangiAre verbs of sense a sub-category of linking verbs?

Not all of them, no. "see" and "hear" are verbs of sense, as I understand the term. Yet they are not linking verbs, as far as I know.

AvangiAre all of the verbs in your post "linking verbs"?

They are. Or at least they can be used that way, and that's how I used them in my examples.

CJ

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