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Adverbs
An adverb is used to
modify verbs, other adverbs, and even whole sentences.
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- Look at
where it is placed to determine if it is an adjective or
adverb.
(i.e., Don’t drive so fast (adverb), That horse likes a fast
track. (adjective)
- If it can
be moved within a sentence, it is possibly an adverb
(adjectives cannot be moved within a sentence).
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| Tests: |
Formal
Proof
- Can be
compared by using inflectional morphemes or more and most.
(She ran faster.)
- a. Takes
comparative or superlative morpheme. (softer, softest)
Functional
Proof
- b. Can be
compared with more or most. (more suddenly)
- Intensifies.
(very suddenly)
- Can be moved
within a sentence. (The door opened suddenly. The door suddenly
opened., Suddenly the door opened.)
- Can fit in
the frame sentence. (The man told his story ____________.)
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