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[YHJ]

Potatoes grow wide in Europe?
grow widely in Europe?
At first, I thought surely it should be"grow widly",
then I feel like "grow wide" is okay, too.

but again, "grow wide"can mean something getting wide
and may not mean "throughout many countries"



grow wide in Euope-> wide here is adjective, but can it be used meaning as here and there, adverb?

grow widely in Europe-> I understood 'grow'here is intransitive
widely is connected to th location.



can I use both for the same meaning?
can it be natural without any difference in meaning?
if it is, let's say it's exam and I have to choose only one correct sentence,
only "grow widely"is right?

Thanks in advance.

[asterix]

Potatoes grow widely in Europe is correct. Widely is an adverb that modifies grow.
You can say, Potatoes grow wide in Europe but it isn't true and it's not what you mean, I think.