adverb

Examples of adverb in the following topics:

• Adverbs

• Introduction to Adjectives and Adverbs

• Adverbs

  • Just as adjectives modify nouns and pronouns, adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • Adverbs are used to answer how, when, and where an action took place.
  • Many adjectives can be made into adverbs simply by adding -ly to the end.
  • You can use prepositional phrases as adverbs if they modify a verb, adjective, or adverb.
  • However, when the adverb ends with -ly, a hyphen should not be used.

• Introduction to Adjectives and Adverbs

  • Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns; adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • Adverbs, like "simply" and "incredibly," modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • Adverbs can also be used to modify adjectives and other adverbs.
  • [The adverb quite modifies the adverb passionately.]

• Hyphens

  • Hyphens are often used to connect adverbs and adjectives when describing a noun.
  • Hyphens can be used to combine an adverb and adjective to describe a noun.
  • However, when the adverb ends with -ly, a hyphen should not be used.
  • If the adverb and adjective come after the noun being described, a hyphen is not needed.
  • Remember that using hyphens to combine adverbs and adjectives in this way creates a new word.

• Introduction to Inflection

  • Inflecting adverbs is very similar to how you change adjectives.
  • For example, if you want to compare how quickly two students are learning math, you would change the adverb “easily” to “more easily”: “Huck is learning his fractions much more easily than Tom is.”

• Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

  • Two common types of modifiers are the adverb (a word that describes an adjective, a verb, or another adverb) and the adjective (a word that describes a noun or pronoun).
  • However, though all adjectives and adverbs are modifiers, not all modifiers are adjectives and adverbs.
  • Above all, it should always be clear to the reader which word an adjective, adverb, or modifying phrase is describing.
  • By paying attention to placement and making sure that if you want to modify a verb you use an adverb instead of an adjective, you will make it much easier for your reader to pick up on your intended meaning.

• Conjunctions: Coordination, Correlation, Conjunction, and Subordination

  • Conjunctive adverbs express a relationship or transition between two separate parts of a complex sentence.
  • Common conjunctive adverbs include so, otherwise, also, consequently, for example, furthermore, however, in addition, in contrast, in fact, instead, likewise, moreover, nevertheless, otherwise, still, then, and therefore.

• Results

  • Avoid adjectives and adverbs; instead use nouns and verbs.

• Introduction to Commas

  • Often, introductory words are also adverbs.
  • Commas are always used to set off certain adverbs, including the following:
  • If one of these adverbs appears in the middle of a sentence, within one clause, it should be set off by a pair of commas.
  • For some adverbs, using a comma is optional.