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Originally Posted by Unregistered  In a phrase describing a verb, is there any situation in which it would be correct to mix an adjective and an adverb?
Eg. "Helping you live safer and more independently"
or should it be:
"Helping you live safely and more independently"
If the latter, would it also be acceptable to write:
"Helping you live more safely and independently"
Thank you! |
The guide in a situation like this is to split it into two phrases, and the two phrases should both work.
Like this:-
"helping you live safer and more independently" bcomes
"helping you live safer"
"helping you live independently"
that sentence doesn't work.
"helping you live safely and more independently" becomes
"helping you live safely"
"helping you live more independantly"
that sentence does work.
Regarding your question generally, if there is only a verb to refer to then the
phrase will contain only adverbs. You can't put an adjective in there with nothing to describe...