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Teo



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:07 pm    Post subject: adjective or adverb Reply with quote
1. She danced happy.
2. She danced happily.
3. He went away happy.
4. He went away happily.
Which of the above sentences are not acceptable?
Thanks a lot for your reply.
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Dave Shaffer



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Location: Gwangju, S Korea
PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:48 pm    Post subject: Re: adjective or adverb Reply with quote
Teo wrote:
1. She danced happy.
2. She danced happily.
3. He went away happy.
4. He went away happily.
Which of the above sentences are not acceptable?
Thanks a lot for your reply.


Sentence 1 is not so common, but it certainly could be used (in informal conversation) to mean "She was in a happy mood while dancing."

Sentence 2 also has the word order "She happily danced," and means "She was happy to dance (when she was asked to dance)."

Sentence 3 means "He was in a happy mood when he went away."

And Sentence 4 means "He wanted to so away, so he was happy that he was able to go away."

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Dave Shaffer
Gwangju, Korea
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