Mike asks:
What is correct?
Please dress warm.
OR
Please dress warmly.
"Warm" is an adjective, so it would modify a noun: a warm coat, a warm room.
"Dress," in this case, is a verb, so it needs an adverb like "warmly."
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Despite the proximity of the words, in this case, "warm" does not not describe the manner of dressing, but the thing dressed. Therefore, it is an adjective.
Posted by: Sherry Rich | July 03, 2007 at 10:42 AM
I'm afraid this is incorrect. As any good dictionary will tell you, 'warm' exists as an adverb. There are many adverbs that don't take -ly, including a fair number that exist in both an -ly flavour and in their uninflected form. For more detail, see
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/09/17/adverb_is_as_adverb_does/
Posted by: Brett | July 22, 2007 at 06:47 PM
If "dress warmly" is incorrect, according to the commentaries by Sherry Rich (one thesis) or Brett (another thesis), how can they explain "dress casually," as it seems to clash with their reasoning?
Posted by: Alexander Sanya | May 31, 2014 at 03:37 PM
In addition to my previous comment, here is a link to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, in which they specifically use the example of "dressing warmly" after the definition of that adverb: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warmly
Posted by: Alexander Sanya | May 31, 2014 at 03:39 PM