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ADVERBS, Can adverbs modify nouns?
Much more common is the use of an…
ADVERBS
Types
Adverbs of Manner
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Usually placed after the main verb, after the object (if there is one), or between the subject and the verb
Ex: He drove fast
Ex: He washed his hands carefully.
Adverbs of Place
Adverbs indicating location (where), direction (where to/ from)
Ex: She still lives there now.
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Adverbs of Time
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Adverbs of indefinite time: at the end or beginning
of a sentence, or before the verb
Ex: She currently works as a journalist.
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Adverbs of Frequency
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Adverbs of indefinite frequency: before the main (ordinary) verb, after the verb “be”, between the auxiliary and the main verb
Ex: He is always coming late.
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Sentence Adverbs
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Usually at the beginning of the sentence
Ex: Unfortunately, Richard didn’t get to the airport on time.
Focus Adverbs
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They limit the sense of the sentence or to act as an
additive
Ex: He even paid for their so-called business trip.
Short and Long Adverbs
- Short adverbs: mono-syllabic adverbs
- Long adverbs: others (except EARLY)
Definition
An adverb: a word that describes or adds to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a sentence, and which answers such questions as how, where, or when
Adverbial: any word, phrase, or clause that functions like an adverb
Adjuncts
part of the basic structure of a clause or
sentence in which it occurs, and modifies the verb
Ex: He died in England.
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Disjuncts
(also called sentence adverbs) adverbs which show the speaker’s attitude to or evaluation of what is said in the rest of the sentence
Ex: Naturally, I paid for my own meal.
Particle: a term used for a word which cannot readily be identified with any of the main PARTS OF SPEECH/ WORD CLASS
Adverb particle: a word such as in, back, on, etc. when it modifies a verb rather than a noun
Form and Formation
Simple adverbs
Ex: just, only, well, back, down, pretty, etc.
Compound adverbs
Ex: somehow, somewhere, therefore, whereupon, hereby, etc.
Derivational adverbs
-ly
Ex: oddly, interestingly
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Positions
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After the first auxiliary verb (with more than 1
auxiliary)
Ex: I've never been enjoying playing football
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- Can adverbs modify nouns?
- Much more common is the use of an adverb of degree to modify a whole noun phrase.
Ex: Jason is quite a skilled craftsman.
- There is a small group of adverbs that can modify nouns and indefinite pronouns.
Ex: the example above, almost everyone,...
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WATCH OUT!
Don't mistake between adverb particles and prepositions
Ex:
(1) The car is in the garage.
(2) The train's getting in
NOTE
back, away -.> always particles
from, during -> always prepositions