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22 July 2024 — Comfortable

How would you edit this so that the focus is on the better design of the seats rather than the manner of the action?

Why are my car seats not made more comfortably?

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GLOSSARY (TERMS)

Adjective is a distinct category (similar but different from the others) of words which function as modifiers to nouns or noun phrases. An adjective describes a noun with qualities such as size, shape, color, worth, age, origin, and so on. Most adjectives are placed before the noun; however, some adjectives are placed after the noun, post-position. See Resultative Adjectives and Adjective Uses.
Adverb is a distinct category of words which modify the activity expressed by the predicate (the verb or verb phrase). An adverb adds information about the manner, frequency, degree, or other circumstances about the activity.
distinct – different in nature from something else of a similar type; recognized as apart from the others.
effect / result – the product, the end, the conclusion, the aftermath. The change the object underwent.
situation – the existing conditions or state around the person or persons (agent) performing the action.

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"Man Sitting on Drivers Seat. By Wendy Wei. Pexels. 11 Oct. 2019. pexels.com/photo/man-sitting-on-driver-s-seat-3070748. Free to Use. Accessed 22 Jul. 2024.

Resultative Adjectives – Indicate the resulting state of the action taken

Adverbs of Manner – Express how an action occurs

Adverbs for Manner – Compare positioning of adverbs

Get Passives – Express having something done or managing its completion

Cause & Effect Overview – Express cause and effect relationships

RESOURCES

Azar, Betty Schrampfer, and Stacy A. Hagen. "Other Ways of Expressing Cause and Effect: Such That and So That." Understanding and Using English Grammar. 4th ed., Pearson Education, 2009. 19-4.
Huddleston, Rodney D., and Geoffrey K. Pullum. "Classification of Verbs Taking Predicate Compliments." The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge UP, 2002. 5 § 5.4 Class 4 Verbs. (p. 265)
Murphy, Raymond. "To, For, So That." English Grammar in Use. 5th ed., Cambridge UP. 2019. Unit 64.
Swan, Michael. "Adjective and Noun Complements." Practical English Usage. 3rd ed., Oxford UP, 2005. 367. § 606.1.
——— "Passive Structures." § 606.6.

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