John,  

I think it's the verb.  Some English verbs take an adjective complement to the object, e.gg., open (it) wide, stretch (it) thin, close (it) tight, paint (it) black, grow (it} tall, burn (it) deep, . . . .  The adjective is usually short and may contrast with an adverb complement, e.gg., open it up, stretch it out, close it down, paint it over, grow it out, burn it down, . . . 
I think that there are about 150 different verb patterns that can be distinguished.  

Bruce

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From: John Crow <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: A Question
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:19:15 -0400

The following sentence bothers me:

As a result, most of what native speakers “know” about their language is burned deep into the circuitry of their brains.

What I cannot seem to come to grips with is the word "deep."  It is, to me, obviously an adverb, so it should be "deeply."  However, when I make that substitution, my internal grammar checker informs me that that's wrong.  What's going on here?

Thanks!

John
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