He came back safe/safely.
Is 'safe' as good to use as 'safely' in this sentence?
Thank you in advance.
ONLY A NON-TEACHER'S OPINION
(1) Please type "safe/safely" in the search box. There are some helpful threads.
(2) Please google "arrived safely/safe adjective." You will find helpful results in the
"everything," "discussions," and "books" sections.
(3) You may be interested in one scholar's
opinion, which I found in the Google
"books" section. Mr. Alfred Slater West explains
the difference in his
The Elements of English Grammar:
The adjective safe marks a quality of the agent
he, the adverb safely marks the
mode of the action arrived.
If his horse ran away [My note: this book was written in 1898!]
, and he narrowly
escaped being upset, he might arrive safe, but he certainly would not arrive
safely, that is,
in "a safe manner."