Winwin2011
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- Aug 4, 2011
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- Interested in Language
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- Chinese
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- Hong Kong
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1. I don’t like milk. It smells bad. ( (correct)
2. I don’t like milk. It smells badly. (incorrect)
Some verbs are used to join an adjective or noun complement to a subject. These verbs can be called ‘link verb’. Common examples: be, seem, appear, look, sound, smell, taste, feel, become, get. (Michael Swan)
"Smell" is a link verb, therefore it should join an adjective. Am I correct?
Thanks..
2. I don’t like milk. It smells badly. (incorrect)
Some verbs are used to join an adjective or noun complement to a subject. These verbs can be called ‘link verb’. Common examples: be, seem, appear, look, sound, smell, taste, feel, become, get. (Michael Swan)
"Smell" is a link verb, therefore it should join an adjective. Am I correct?
Thanks..
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