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Is the goofy an adjective here?

Jeremy Chen

Taiwan

We were acting pretty goofy last night after drinking all that beer.
Ebaby says goofy is an adjective, but can goofy modify "were acting"?

Can someone help me with this grammar question?

04:33 PM Sep 17 2008 |

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Stitch

Stitch

Taiwan

I think goofy is an adjective. Correctly speaking, the sentence should be:  We were acting pretty goofily last night after drinking all that beer.

However, it is very common to hear Americans say " Acting goofy." I think you shouldn't write that in a formal paper, but it's acceptable to speak like that…

08:02 PM Sep 18 2008 |