Which of the following is more correct?
- When I speak, what I say is grammatically correct.
or
- When I speak, what I say is correct grammatically.
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Generally the first would be preferred, since Modifier - Head is the normal form for a non-verbal predicate: He's a big boy ~ She's very tired. But the second is grammatical, too; it just doesn't form a constituent with the adjective. Probably an adverb in that position would modify the entire verb phrase (including the auxiliary be) instead of just the predicate adjective. – John Lawler
Modifier - Head
is the normal form for a non-verbal predicate: He's a big boy ~ She's very tired. But the second is grammatical, too; it just doesn't form a constituent with the adjective. Probably an adverb in that position would modify the entire verb phrase (including the auxiliary be) instead of just the predicate adjective. – John Lawler Sep 25 '16 at 15:01