First question: I have been reading English: An Essential Grammar by Gerald Nelson and it gives an example of the words 'hard' and 'fast' being used as both adjectives and adverbs:
Adverb:
John works hard.
Peter drives fast.
Adjective:
John is used to hard work.
Peter drives a fast car.
I was wondering, can all adjectives be used as adverbs in this manner?
E.g.
Adjective:
Small girl.
Are these adverbs???
She is small.
She was small.
She looked small.
Second question: Can present participle verbs be considered as adjectives?
E.g. Are these adjectives or are they still considered as verbs?
The singing lady.
The growing crowd.
The advancing army.
Third question: Can all past participle verbs be considered adjectives?
E.g.
The written book.
The cooked fish.
The bitten apple.
And lastly: Can all past participle verbs be considered as adverbs?
E.g.
The book was written in black ink.
The fish seemed to be cooked.
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