Thread: Расставить приоритеты - Грамматика VS Словарный запас

Originally Posted by Daniel_Brackley

Strangely is an adverb thiugh o_O The way you said shows us exactly using adjectives instead of adverbs.
Explain this moments please.

Originally Posted by Valda

Yea I meant that you use adverbs when you need adjectives

Originally Posted by Valda

Sounds strangely -> Sounds strange
Looks disgustingly -> Looks disgusting

I believe the source of confusion is the fact that in Russian we do use adverbs in this position:

Sounds strange => Звучит странно.
Looks disgusting => Выглядит отвратительно.

In Russian, there is the general principle that we use adjectives to modify nouns, and we use adverbs to modify verbs or other adjectives. And this rule is quite strict (maybe there are a few exceptions, I cannot think of any right now).

I know, many Russians who start learning English think: Russian adjective = English adjective, Russian adverb = English adverb. The truth is it does not always work. English grammar rules are different, and sometimes you need an adjective where we, Russians, would use an adverb.