Is this construction correct? I hear it a lot in spoken conversations, but would this construction survive gramatical scrutiny? If yes, can then "okay" act as an adverb?
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1None of the dictionaries you checked listed it as an adverb? – Jon Hanna Jun 17 '15 at 10:35
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3If you "hear it a lot in spoken conversation", then as a matter of fact it already has survived grammatical scrutiny. (As long as you're looking at native speakers, of course.) – RegDwigнt Jun 17 '15 at 10:35
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1Okay is satisfactory as an adverb. – Jun 17 '15 at 11:05
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1It's definitely informal. – dnagirl Jun 17 '15 at 11:53
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"Can you hear me okay?" - Here, the word "okay" means one of the following:
fine, well, all right, fine, well enough, satisfactorily, etc.
Yes, it acts as an adverb here, since it qualifies "hear".
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