Another Misplaced Adjective

Remember, in English, adjectives go directly in front of the word they modify. As I mentioned in the last post, people frequently get “only” wrong. Here’s another similar goof. Last panel

O think he means “look of quiet desperation.” I confess, a look can be pretty quiet, too.

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Using an adjective for an adverb is a fairly common error. Last word:

You know the word should be “easily,” right?

First the comic. The last two panels:

Yes, you should modify a verb with an adverb, so “played badly” is right. But she doesn’t get his rule: Don’t correct someone’s English unless they ask you to. This is one of my life rules, and I confess sometimes it’s hard to obey. The only people who like being corrected are professionals in the field.

So correct me all you want!

Third panel. The adverb usage of “good” happens to be incorrect. We have an averb for that usage! (It’s “well,” but you knew that, right?)

“Skate good” is wrong because in this sentence “to skate” is a verb. “Good skater” is correct because “skater” is a noun.

English is a tricky language because many words can have more than one function, but this isn’t an example of that.

Real and hungry are indeed adjectives, and really is an adverb. And we’re supposed to modify adjectives with adverbs.

Though I gotta admit that “real hungry” sounds okay. Still, you sound classier if you say it correctly.