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Sat 27 Jun, 2015 07:48 am
'He turned left' means that he changed the direction he is going on.
'He turned angry' means that his emotion changed into anger.
Both 'left' and 'angry' in those sentences are adjectives.
'He turned angry and mad' means that his emotion changed into anger and madness, in which both 'angry' and 'both' are adjectives.
Then, is 'He turned angry and left' grammatical?
Likewise, we can say 'He turned the steering wheel.' and 'He turned the pages.'
Then, is 'He turned the steering wheel and pages' grammatical?
@parkbj1008,
Quote:Both 'left' and 'angry' in those sentences are adjectives.
Left is an adverb.
Quote: is 'He turned angry and left' grammatical?
In that sentence, 'left' would be interpreted as a verb (past tense of 'leave') and not a direction.
Quote:is 'He turned the steering wheel and pages' grammatical?
It's grammatical, but very unlikely to be used, as it is dangerous to read while driving.
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