Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
gaze awestruck
She gazed awestruck at the jewels.
"awestruck" is an adjective. How can you explain the use of an adjective there? Is "gaze" also a linking verb (copula)?
"awestruck" is an adjective. How can you explain the use of an adjective there? Is "gaze" also a linking verb (copula)?
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Hi, She gazed awestruck at the jewels. "awestruck" is an adjective. How can you explain the use of an adjective there?
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Hi,
She gazed awestruck at the jewels.
"awestruck" is an adjective. How can you explain the use of an adjective there?
It would be easier to see it as an adjective if it were punctuated thus: She gazed, awestruck
She gazed awestruck at the jewels.
"awestruck" is an adjective. How can you explain the use of an adjective there?
It would be easier to see it as an adjective if it were punctuated thus: She gazed, awestruck
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