An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how much".
While some adverbs can be identified by their characteristic "ly" suffix, most of them must be identified by untangling the grammatical relationships within the sentence or clause as a whole. Unlike an adjective, an adverb can be found in various places within the sentence.
In the following examples, each of the highlighted words is an adverb:
The seamstress quickly made the mourning clothes.
In this sentence, the adverb "quickly" modifies the verb "made" and indicates in what manner (or how fast) the clothing was constructed.
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Adverbs can modify adjectives, but an adjective cannot modify an adverb. Thus we would say that "the students showed a really wonderful attitude" and that "the students showed a wonderfully casual attitude" and that "my professor is really tall, but not "He ran real fast."
Like adjectives, adverbs can have comparative and superlative forms to show degree. * Walk faster if you want to keep up with me. * The student who reads fastest will finish first.
We often use more and most, less and least to show degree with adverbs: * With sneakers on, she could move more quickly among the patients. * The flowers were the most beautifully arranged creations I've ever seen. * She worked less confidently after her accident. * That was the least skillfully done performance I've seen in years.
The as — as construction can be used to create adverbs that express sameness or equality: "He can't run as fast as his sister."
A handful of adverbs have two forms, one that ends in -ly and one that doesn't. In certain cases, the two forms have different meanings: * He arrived late. * Lately, he couldn't seem to be on time for anything.
In most cases, however, the form without the -ly ending should be reserved for casual situations: * She certainly drives slow in that old Buick of hers. * He did wrong by her. * He spoke sharp, quick, and to the point.
Adverbs often function as intensifiers, conveying a greater or lesser
For the past hundred years the need for clothing increased since the number of people of keeps growing. As the years go on, producers must find new ways to produce more clothing to make more profit and keep up with demand. Before people would either have to ride all the way into town to have tailors make their clothes, or have someone at home make the clothing for them. But as the years progressed, methods have changed dramatically.
Dillard constructs a dramatic action sequence by using action verbs, adverbs, and prepositional phrases. In paragraph 10 he says, “He ran after us, and we ran away him, up the snowy Reynolds sidewalk. The adverb he used is this sentence was ran and away. Dillard was describing what was happening as the man from the black Buick chased her and her friends. Next she uses adverbs in paragraphs
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In this ad, it is promoting the newest Victoria’s Secret “Dream Angels” collection. There are eight women who are modeling different lingerie sets. Also at the bottom of each model there is a name for the type of lingerie they are demonstrating. The majority are tall, slim, have clear skin, and show confidence. Most importantly, there is a bold caption in the middle of the ad stating “A Body For Every Body”. In this advertisement, it uses Pathos, the appeal of emotion; Ethos, the appeal to show credibility; and Logos; the appeal of logic. Even though the ad uses all three appeals, Patho is the main focus.
I am really proud of myself and happy with the result of the essay because it is not a bad paper. There are a few grammers mistake, but it was less than what I was expecting. The sentences structure are clear and it is understandable to the reader. Overall, I am very proud of how my paper turn out and I am happy with the first grade.
In this article, Barenblat outlines some of the key reasons as to why fast fashion is detrimental for women and the environment. The author supports her claim by suggesting fast fashion is expensive for the planet, encourages young women in poverty to work in sweatshops, and leads to million tons of landfill each year. This information in the article is useful because it provides relevant statistics on the damages caused by the clothing industry.
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The position of this adverb is flexible: at the end of a clause, preceding a main verb and between two
Adjectival clauses describe or modify nouns or pronouns. If the noun or pronoun modified is negated, nonexistent or indefinite, then the verb in the modifying clause will be in the subjunctive; if the noun modified is a definite one, then the indicative is used.