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We arrived tired.

We arrived tired.

'Tired' is an adjective here.
'Tired' is an adverb here.


Votes: 198 Comments: 1 Added: May 2005
Comments:
Vidableek - 10th October 2008 16:51
In this sentence, tired cannot be an adverb unless it was rearranged to "We tiredly arrived", which sounds weird.
 
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