Thread: What's an Adverb?
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Old 01-22-2018, 01:45 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
I have to disagree on "feel bad." As I was taught and still think correct, "feel" in this instance is intransitive and "bad" is an adjective. Feel in the transitive use refers to the tactile sense. In any case, bad as an adjective certainly can't be used as an object, which is the work of a noun.
“Feel” in this context is a linking verb, “bad” is a predicative adjective.
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