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The COVID-19 pandemic has raised a lot of questions about testing for the novel coronavirus – including some that are grammar-related.

A listener named Alan Ardanowski asked: "If someone gets a positive test result for COVID-19, do they test 'positive' or test 'positively¹?'"

Doctors will tell you that someone tests either “positive” or “negative." If you look to the media, you'll generally find the same answer – “test positive” far outweighs² “test positively” in coverage³ both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

What we really have here is a question of how the verb “test” is functioning. If “test” has an object, use the adverb. For example, "We can't test people reliably."

If you're talking about what kind of results people are getting, "test" functions as a linking verb. In other words, it links the subject to information that follows the verb. For example, "I tested positive for COVID-19," or, similarly, "I am positive for COVID-19."

In other pandemic-related questions, a listener named Kevin English wanted know which is correct, "uncharted" or "unchartered." To hear the answer, listen to the audio above, and keep your questions coming!

1 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

2 outweighs   

v.在重量上超过( outweigh的第三人称单数 )；在重要性或价值方面超过

参考例句：

• Her need to save money outweighs her desire to spend it on fun. 她省钱的需要比她花钱娱乐的愿望更重要。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Its clarity in algebraic and analytical operations far outweighs any drawbacks. 文化代数和解析运算中的清晰性远远胜过任何缺点。 来自辞典例句

3 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。