I heard [STRIKE]read[/STRIKE] someone say: "Live your life the right way", but I don't understand the grammar. Can someone please explain it?
Indeed, a sentence cannot be without a finite verb!I don't agree that "live" is an "infinitive". It is a main verb in the imperative mood with an implied subject "you".
I Don't understand how is the right way an adverbial phrase. Can you explain it? And I just noticed should can go behind an imperative sentence.This sentence is in the imperative mood.
"Live" - bare infinitive.
"your life" - object.
"the right way" - adverbial phrase modifying "live."
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So can way be an adverb?It answers the question "how" after "live". That makes it an adverb.
I was asking because I have trouble differentiating them as you can see on my other threads but thanks anyway for trying to help.See I'm not very good at this. It all depends on how you parse it.
So is it the same as saying the right way?'In the right way' is an adverbial prepositional phrase modifying the verb 'live'.
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