Asked by Mark

Limburg cheese smells very (bad, badly).
Is the correct answer bad because it modifies cheese?

"The leading lady in the play," she said, "is feelin (sick, sickly)."
Is the correct anwer sickly because it modifies is feeling?

Answers

Answered by Ms. Sue
Your first answer is right because <i>smells</i> is used as a linking verb here.

Your second answer is wrong, because <i>sick</i> is a predicate adjective, following the linking verb, <i>is feeling</i>.

Study this site.

http://donnayoung.org/english/grammar/linking-verbs.htm

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