Grammar Girl here, in a recent episode you learned that adverbs do not always end in

L.Y.

So perhaps you now think differently about adverbs.

Wait a minute though, should we have said, think different as Apple does in its advertising

slogan?

Let's explore verbs and adverbs further.

Before we analyze apples think different advertising slogan, we need to review two concepts

we discussed in previous episodes, linking verbs and flat adverbs.

Linking verbs, such as to be, to seem, to taste and to look, often describe a state of

being or feeling.

Usage expert Brian Garner explains them this way, quote, these verbs connect a descriptive

word with the subject, hence the descriptive word following the linking verb describes

the subject, not the verb, unquote.

For instance, in the sentence he is handsome, the linking verb is, connects he, the subject,

to handsome, the adjective.

Now let's contrast linking verbs with action verbs.

Action verbs such as to jump and to yell, describe activities.

If you want to describe an action verb, you need to use an adverb.

If someone paid you a lot of money, you can't say he paid me handsome.

You have to say he paid me handsomely.

In that sentence, you're describing how he paid you, with the adverb handsomely, you're

not describing how cute the man is.

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