Re: English question

Padraic wrote:

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Nik showed me the possibility of it being an adjective. For
me,
it's an adverb; but I kind of like that copula+adjective
thingy
in this case. I'm not saying that adjectives can't follow
nouns.
Only that when adjectives that follow nouns also modify
verbs, they
are in fact adverbs.

> If the former, what's your definition of an adverb? Or
rather, why is "good"
> an adverb there?
Because it modifies the verb.
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but wouldn't it be possible to consider that "good" is a
"complement du verbe" (don't know to say that in english)
depending on what is the "true" subject of "good"?
for instance : "i feel a good feeling" : "good" qualifies
"feeling" which in turn is the "complement d'objet" (object)
of "to feel".
or "i feel in a good way": good qualifies the verb as a
"complement de maniere".
it depends whether the verb is considered transitive or
intransitive.
it's maybe a bit far-fetched but i view "good" as a
"complement de maniere". i'll call it a "pattern". a pattern
can be an adverb, a noun, whatever actually.
anyway, we're taught in france that the french grammar is
universal so it must be like that :)))


Mathias
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