LL-L "Grammar" 2006.03.08 (08) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 08 February 2006 * Volume 08
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From: Kevin Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar"

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Delectables
> 
> Jonny again:
> > > Sounds awful in words
> > Why didn't you attach -ly here? Just a missprint or something else?
> > I shouldn't ask for that if it wasn't specially YOU...
> "Awful" here isn't an adverb modifying the verb "sounds;" it is an
> adjective
> modifying an omitted noun (the assumedly awful-tasting dish), something
> like
> "(The description of) It sounds as if (the dish =) it is awful."  As far
> as
> I can tell, *"tastes awfully" and *"sounds awfully" are always
> ungrammatical

The way I think of it, "awful" is a predicate adjective modifying "it".
Verbs like "seems," "sounds," "feels," "tastes," "appears," etc., function
almost like "is."  The sentence "I feel badly" does not mean the same thing
as "I feel bad." The former means there is something wrong with your sense
of touch, while the latter means you are either ill or remorseful.

Kevin Caldwell

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