Parts of speech: Difference between revisions
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* = modify verbs | * = modify verbs | ||
** "He shopped quickly" | ** "He shopped quickly" | ||
* modify adjectives: | * can also modify adjectives: | ||
** in the sense of describing "the state", degree, or situation of the descriptor | ** in the sense of describing "the state", degree, or situation of the descriptor | ||
** ex. | |||
*** "the coach was very angry" | |||
**** "very" may describe the state, i.e., "the coach was", but it more specifically describes the extent to which the coach was "angry" ( an adjective) | |||
***** therefore, the adverb "very" here acts upon the adjective "angry" as opposed to the verb "is" | |||
* adverbs generally answer the "how" and "when" of an action (or verb): | |||
** how: "Soraya studied hard" or "Soraya studied quietly" | |||
*** note that "hard" is also an adjective that describes high density of an object: "the stone is hard" | |||
** when: "Jocelyn arrived late" | |||
* adverbs never describe a noun | |||
** ex. "she called the broken phone stupidly" v. "she called the broken phone stupid" | |||
* Sources: | * Sources: | ||
** [[https://literarydevices.net/adverb/ Adverb (literarydevices.net)]] | ** [[https://literarydevices.net/adverb/ Adverb (literarydevices.net)]] | ||