I don't understand why: "David and Jean speak fluent Spanish" isn't correct? Lawless answer was: "David and Jean speak Spanish fluently

Margaret S.A2Kwiziq community member

I don't understand why: "David and Jean speak fluent Spanish" isn't correct? Lawless answer was: "David and Jean speak Spanish fluently

Asked 6 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Hi Margaret, the lesson is about forming adverbs. The answer was looking for this. In "fluent Spanish", "fluent" is an adjective, not an adverb. It isn't wrong but it isn't what they were looking for.

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

Max K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
My problem is taking a test w/o knowing what the lesson it was based on. Fortunately, I know when to ignore these issues. 
Margaret S. asked:

I don't understand why: "David and Jean speak fluent Spanish" isn't correct? Lawless answer was: "David and Jean speak Spanish fluently

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