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melinaki
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A simple question
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Dear native english speaking colleagues what sounds better to you: eat healthy or eat healthily?
Thanks for your help
Melina
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6 Jun 2011
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sango
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Hello Melina,
"Eat healthily" is much better or you could say "eat healthy food"
Regards,
sango |
6 Jun 2011
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MarionG
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I would say "eat healthy" since it is understood here that �healthy � refers to the food you eat (adj) and not to the way you eat. |
6 Jun 2011
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englishreader
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I agree with Sango.
She eats healthy food.
She prefers healthy home made chips to frozen ones.
She always eats healthily.
She eats healthily unless she is stressed. When she �s stressed she always eats unhealthily.
As a native speaker I would never say "She eats healthy"! Healthy is an adjective, so it needs to be followed by a noun.
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6 Jun 2011
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almaz
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�Healthy � could be construed here as a flat adverb (like �fair �, �close �, �bad �, �direct � etc which have - ly forms as well). It �s usually an informal usage and personally speaking, I don �t really care what the �purists � say; it does its job exceeding well, thank you.
"Adverb is as adverb does", as the saying goes. |
6 Jun 2011
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Albanta3011
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If you are writing formal stuff, I would use "healthily" because that �s an adverb; however, I agree with Almaz that healthy sounds just fine.
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7 Jun 2011
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Apodo
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As a native speaker I would never say: She eats healthy
She eats healthily. (correct but formal)
She �s a healthy eater. (in everyday speech this would be my choice) |
7 Jun 2011
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foose1
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I would say, "she eats healthy foods" or "she is a healthy eator." I never say, "she eats healthily." Maybe it is correct but I have never in my life heard anyone in the US say healthily. Maybe, I grew up in the wrong neighborhood (not in the hood). Oh well, just an old guy that worked with Engineers and manufacturing people. |
7 Jun 2011
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joy2bill
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Well ,fellow native speakers, this is a case of real English not following the rules and different countries disagreeing with each other.
Like foose1 I must have been brought up in the wrong area because I have only heard "She eats healthily" among people who are very careful with their speech.
I am leaning towards "She is a healthy eater"
But then downunder we are likely to say "He tied his shoelaces wrong", instead of "He tied his shoelaces wrongly." So what would we know! Ha! Ha! |
7 Jun 2011
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