Why do we say:
to look (how?) beautiful -> not: to look beautifully
to treat (how?) kind -> not: to treat kindly
to dress (how?) smart-> not: to treat smartly
Are: to look beautiful, treat kind, dress smart fixed collocations?
Because an adverb answers to reply: how?
Thanks.
Can you use those in a sentence, please Saneta? I’m not sure I agree that we would use kind/smart rather than kindly/smartly.
ok Bees, here you are:
from my grammar book:
She has excellent taste in clothes and always dresses smart.
and Whitney Houston sings/sang:
I hope life treat you kind
What do you think?
God bless You.
… always dresses smartly.
would be usual.
I would not use ‘always dresses smart’.
As I’ve indicated a great many times, song lyrics, especially modern song lyrics, do not represent accurate/good grammar.
OK, thanks a lot !!
but what is the explanation for: to look beautiful (not beautifully)?
Beautiful’ is an adjective, not an adverb.
You are beautiful.
You are beautifully dressed today.
So, why do we say: You look beautifully today.?
We don’t!
Bees very,very sorry, my question was:
So, why do we say: You look beautiful today?
‘Beautiful’ is an adjective there.
having beauty; pleasing to the senses or to the mind
a beautiful woman/face/baby/voice/poem/smell/evening
beautiful countryside/weather/music
She looked stunningly beautiful that night.
What a beautiful thing to say!
Hi Saneta,
You have already received an excellent answer from the moderator. May I add something that might interest you?
Normally we use an adverb after a verb. However, after some verbs such as [i]be, feel, look, seem, sound, taste, smell, appear[/i] and others we often use an adjective. The verbs are called 'linking verbs' (aka 'copular/copula verbs').
This food tastes delicious.
The children feel happy.
The weather became cold.
Thus, we say "You [i]look beautiful[/i] today"
and never say “You look beautifully today”.
I hope this helps. :-)
Dear Bees/Foreigner, thank you very much.
Bees hasn’t written why there is an adjective: beautiful after: to look, but Foreigner has.
God Bless You.