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Re: English question

From:Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>
Date:Saturday, December 1, 2001, 19:03
> Nik Taylor wrote: >> . . . would you call "old" an adverb in "He felt old"? >> It can't be used as an adverb anywhere else (*"he ran old").
Andreas Johansson wrote:
> You don't have "he looks old"? Or would you consider that "old" > to be an adjective?
"felt" or "looks" is a sort of copula, in my humble opinion. -- Anton Sherwood -- http://www.ogre.nu/