what's the part of speech of "bright" and "red" in a Sentences
Lake Natron burns bright red.
What's the part of speech of "bright" and "red" in this sentence? And what do each of them modify?please tell me,thankyou!
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The adverb 'bright' modifies the adjective 'red'.
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/flamingos-find-life-among-death-180959265/
Lake Natron burns bright red.
There is no fire; the lake is not burning. Because the lake is red at certain times of the year, "burns" is used as a synonym for "appears."
Lake Natron burns bright red. = Lake Natron appears bright red.
Lake Natron burns/appears bright red.
Lake Natron [subject]
burns/appears [linking verb]
bright red [subject complement which modifies the subject Lake Natron]
bright red [compound adjective]
bright [adjective]
red [adjective]
More information:
https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tcdnstyl-chap?lang=fra&lettr=chapsect2&info0=2.04
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(b) Hyphenate compound adjectives made up of two adjectives that describe a colour ...
Do not hyphenate adjectives indicating a specific shade (even if they precede the noun):
dark green paint
a bright red dress
strawberry blond hair
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