Posted by rfvv on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 3:39am.
1. The grass grows thick in the garden.
2. The grass grows thickly in the garden.
3. The grass grows thin in the garden.
4. The grass grows thinly in the garden.
(Which expressions are correct and grammatical?)
•English - Writeacher, Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 6:57am
Since I could say, "The grass is thick [or thin] in the garden," and keep the same meaning, I would use sentences 1 and 3.
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Thank you for your help.
1. The grass grows thick in the garden.
2. The grass becomes thick in the
garden.
(Does #1 mean #2? or is 'thick' used as an adverb?)
In both sentences, "thick" is a predicate adjective describing "grass."
In sentence 1, "thick" is used as an adjective to describe the grass in the garden. It means that the grass has a lot of density or is close together in the garden.
In sentence 2, "thick" is used as a verb to indicate that the grass is in the process of becoming thick in the garden.
So, while the meaning of the two sentences is similar, they are not exactly the same. Sentence 1 describes the current state of the grass in the garden, while sentence 2 describes a change or a process of the grass becoming thick in the garden.