Adverbs
Adverbs
Adverbs
It is important to note that the same adverbs can function as a modifiers and adverbials.
The formation of adverbs.
Adverbs: Roles and meanings
A key use of adverbs is to add information about the time, manner or place of an action or
state described in a sentence.
Adverbs: roles and meanings
Syntactic roles of adverbs.
Adjective
Adverb
the adverb usually comes before the adjective, except for the adverbs enough and ago, that are placed
after the adjectives.
Adverbs: roles and meanings
Really fast - almost always- pretty much- much better- very well- right here- pretty soon- right now. (Adverb phrases)
Adverbs: roles and meanings
-Adverbs can also modify noun phrases, prepositional phrases, particles, numerals or
measurements.
They can serve as complete utterances: No, totally I mean it, Totally and utterly.
To express or emphasize agreement: What you could afford you had. Exactly. Exactly.
Definitely. Definitely.
eg. The normal scan must be resumed as quickly [as possible]. <phrase>
eg. Albert had spoken so calmly [that it made her calm too].
Type 4: so + adverb + as to-clause (this structure occurs most commonly with the
adverb far)
Eg. He went so far as [to write home some vague information of his feelings about
business and its prospects].
Type 5: too + adverb + to-clause.
eg. At least four people were bitten seriously enough [to be hospitalized].