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"get home safe“. Why use "safe"?
"get home safe“. Why use "safe" instead of "safely"?
Mar 14, 2012 4:24 AM
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In this situation, you are referring to the state of the person when she arrives at her home, which requires an adjective, "safe." It's a subtle difference, but if you say "Get home safely," you are referring to the method by which she travels, or "gets."
Example: "Jane arrived home safe by taxi."
"Safe" refers to Jane's condition when she arrived. She was all in one piece, as good as when she left.
Example: "Jane arrived home safely by taxi."
"Safely" refers to how Jane arrived. There were no incidents or accidents. The taxi got her home safely.
March 14, 2012
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in formal writing, 'safely' is prefered (and does makes sense too...). I would assume that 'safe' here is a shortened form of: "get home and be safe."
:)
March 14, 2012
safely = in a safe condition.
get home safe = get home (in a) safe (condition)
in other words, get home safely.
the first one is little casual way of speaking. :)
hope this helps. :)
March 14, 2012
I also choose to use "safely"..
March 14, 2012
You can use either one, I personally say Get home safely... but you can use both :)
March 14, 2012
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Chinese (Other), English, German
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English, German
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