Tuesday, December 11, 2018

word usage - Why "think bright" is used with adjective instead of adverb (think brightly)?



I find "think bright" is much more common usage, but why? In my opinion, "Think" is a verb, so it is reasonable to use adverb to describe it.


Examples:



THINK BRIGHT!





(Source: MISIS)



Answer



In think bright, bright is used as an adverb. This is similar to think different. Such adverbs--whether standard or not--are called flat adverbs, because they lack the -ly ending associated with most adverbs. For example, in I had to think hard about this sentence, hard is a flat adverb.


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