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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Why wonderful and not wonderfully

hi

Why do you say "the music sounded wonderful" and not " the music sounded wonderfully"...

/Hanna
  

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" You are wonderful. This tastes good. That dress looks terrible.

  • " You are wonderful.
  • This tastes good.
  • That dress looks terrible.
  • etc.
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Verbs of sense take an adjective complement, along with "to be" and a collection of other "linking verbs."

You are wonderful.
This tastes good.
That dress looks terrible.

etc.

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