use the word asleep as a adverb

[maeve o'cuinn]

According to the dictionary the word "asleep" is normally used as a adjective
and can also be used as an adverb. What is an example of a sentence where it is used as a adverb?

Hi Notmyname! Here, an example of "asleep" used as an adverb.


The man lay asleep.


Bye!! maeve.

[notmyname216]

Hi Notmyname! Here, an example of "asleep" used as an adverb:

The man lay asleep.

Isn't "asleep" a adjective since "lay" is a linking verb?

[RonBee]

The man lay asleep.

Isn't "asleep" a adjective since "lay" is a linking verb?

I wouldn't say "lay" is a linking verb. Example:

He laid the book on the table.

[maeve o'cuinn]

You're welcome.

"asleep" functions as an adverb in both examples. It modifies the verb "feel" by describing how you fell, how your state of consciousness descended. Well, in fact the verb that "asleep" modifies is not "feel" but "fall". The past tense of "feel" is "felt". You mention it in the example below.


Adverbs answers the questions, Who?, Where?, When?, How?, and Why.

Adverb
I fell asleep
Test: How did I fall? => Answer: asleep

I fell fast asleep
Test: How did I fall? => Answer: fast asleep

Adjective
I am asleep.
Test: What are you? => Answer: asleep

I fell asleep.
Test: *What are you fell? => Answer: asleep (* means, ungrammatical)

But in this last sentence, can't you ask "How did you fall" >>> asleep is the answer.

Cheers! Maeve

[maeve o'cuinn]

Given these sentences:

I was fast asleep.
I can fall fast asleep.
I fall fast asleep.

In the first sentence "was" is a linking verb, "fast" is a adverb, "asleep" is a adjective.

In the second sentence "fall" is a linking verb, "fast" is a adverb and "asleep" is a adverb.

Why is "asleep" in the second sentence a adverb (it has exactly the same
structure as the first sentence)?

Is "asleep" also a adverb in the third sentence?

A question notmyname... what do you understand for "linking" verbs? Can you please provide me with the definition you have?

Thank you, Maeve

[notmyname216]

This is my list of "linking verbs":

"Be,act,appear,become,fall,feel,get,grow,keep,lie, look,prove,remain,run"
"seem,smell,sound,stay,taste,turn"

Linking verbs are either verbs of sensation or verbs of existence.

Is my list wrong or incomplete?

[maeve o'cuinn]

You are right notmyname. To lie is a copular verb so in the sentence "The man lay asleep" >> "asleep" functions as an adjective, not as an adverb.

Thx for teaching me that!!

[Tdol]

Not all of them are always copula verbs.

[maeve o'cuinn]

I wouldn't say "lay" is a linking verb. Example:

He laid the book on the table.

Hi RonBee!! I was referring to "lie">> its past is "lay". Maeve

[notmyname216]

Originally Posted by RonBee
I wouldn't say "lay" is a linking verb. Example:
He laid the book on the table.

In the above example isn't "laid" a action verb?

Isn't "lay" a linking verb, in the example below?

The pieces lay scattered over the floor.


Is a "copular" verb the same as a "linking" verb?