 free and freely
Dear teachers,
This is a sentence in my textbook:
After that her mind wandered free through time.
I found the uses of 'free' and 'freely' as adverbs diffficult to distinguish.
According to Longman dictionary:
A. free: adv. not fixed or held in a particular place or position.
The ropes are now hanging free.
A gold chain swung free around his neck.
B. freely: adv. without anyone stopping or limiting sth.
the country's first freely elected president
EU members are allowed to travel freely between member states.
My questions are:
No.1
Both 'free' and 'freely' can be used as adverb. So could you please explain whether I can replace 'free' with 'freely'?
No.2
Could you please explain if I can regard 'free' as an adjective and 'hang' and 'swing' as link verb in the above examples?
No.3
Could you please explain how I can decide when to use 'free' and 'freely' as far as this meaning is concerned?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Jiang |