Determine the category of "friendly" in the following sentence. Use the substitution and co-ordination tests to justify your answer:

David gave Mary friendly advice.

2 answers

Despite the -ly ending, friendly is an adjective in this case. It modifies the noun "advice".

(Most modifiers ending with -ly are adverbs; this is an exception)
How do you perform the co-ordination test, I'm at a loss