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?
            
            
        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
    
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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