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Adverb and Modifiers

This document provides information about different types of adverbs in English including time adverbs, frequency adverbs, place adverbs, manner adverbs, degree/quantity adverbs, affirmation/negation adverbs, and reason adverbs. It discusses the roles of simple adverbs, interrogative adverbs, and relative adverbs. It also covers the formation of adverbs from adjectives, the positioning of different types of adverbs in sentences, and potential issues with misplaced, dangling, and squinting modifiers.

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Adverb and Modifiers

This document provides information about different types of adverbs in English including time adverbs, frequency adverbs, place adverbs, manner adverbs, degree/quantity adverbs, affirmation/negation adverbs, and reason adverbs. It discusses the roles of simple adverbs, interrogative adverbs, and relative adverbs. It also covers the formation of adverbs from adjectives, the positioning of different types of adverbs in sentences, and potential issues with misplaced, dangling, and squinting modifiers.

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Types : (or kinds)

Sr. Adverbs
Adverbs & Modifiers

Examples
5
no.
1 Time (which show when) now, then, daily, already, since, late,
soon, yesterday, never, ever, lately. etc.
2 Frequency (which show how often ) Twice, often, seldom, once, again, always
etc.
3 Place (which show where) Here, there, everywhere, up, out, within,
in, away, backward, forward, etc.
4 Manner (which show how in what Clearly, well, soundly, slowly, sadly,
manner ) bravely, (mostly all adverb derived from
adj. and end with ‘-ly’)
Is it so? ||I was disagreeably
disappointed.
5 Degree or Quantity (which show how Too careless, almost ripe, fully prepared,
much or in what degree or to what very stormy, I’m rather busy .
extent) He is as tall as him
6 Affirmation & Negation Surely, you are mistaken
I do not know him
7 Reason He therefore left school
Hence we arrived

Roles or Function
1 Simple adverb Basic fn. is to modify verb, adj. I can hardly believe
or adverb it.
You are quite
wrong.
2 Interrogative adverb Used to ask questions Why are you late ?
Where have they
gone?
3 Relative adverb Which refer back to a noun as I remember the
their antecedent house
where I was born.

Form of adjectives
1. Some adverb are ‘same in form’ as adjectives.
i. He above in a loud voice (used as adj.)
ii. Don’t speak so loud. (used as adverb)
iii. The teacher has a high opinion of him (used as adj.)
iv. Always aim high (used as adv.)
v. He is the only child (used as adj. )
vi. You can only guess (used as adverb)
2. Some adverb have two forms however sometimes they mean different
i. Ram works hard (diligently)
ii. Ram hardly works (scarcely)
iii. Stand near (opposed to distance)
iv. They are nearly related (closely)
3. Some adverbs are used as nouns after prepositions.
i. He lives for from here (this place)
ii. By then (that time ) the police arrived
iii. Since when (what time) have you taken to smoking ?
4. Nouns expression adverbial sections of (time), (place), (distance), (measurement),
(value), (degree) or the like are also called (adverbial accusative nouns)
i. The siege lasted a week.
ii. We walked five miles.
iii. He measured six feat.
iv. The wound was skin deep.

Position of adverbs

1. Adverbs of manner (well, fast, carefully, quickly etc.)


Are placed – after the verb or after the object (if there is one) e.g.
i. It is raining heavily. (incorrect)
ii. It is heavily raining.(correct)
iii. He carefully does his work. (incorrect)
iv. He does his work carefully.( correct)
2. Adverbs of place & time are place after the verb or after the verb or after the object (if
these is one )
i. I looked everywhere. (actually I looked for it/him everywhere is more apt.)
ii. I met him yesterday
3. If you are using two or more adverbs their order should be
1. Adv. Of many
2. Adv. Of place
3. Adv. Of time

e.g.

We should go there tomorrow evenings.

He was neatly dressed to go there tomorrow evening.


4. Adverb of frequency :- are put between subject and verb
i. We usually have our breakfast at 8. (correct)
ii. We have our breakfast at 8 usually. (incorrect)
iii. My uncle has just gone out. (correct)
iv. My uncle has gone out just. (incorrect) {will convey whether his “just” or
“unjust” to going out!!}

Modifiers.
A) Misplaced modifier: when a modifier clause or phrase is placed so awkwardly as to
create ambiguity or mis-understanding , then it is important to pay attention to their
location.
i. They bought a car for my sister they call pumpkin. (incorrect)
ii. They bought a car, named pumpkin, for my sister. (correct)
iii. They discovered an ancient Mayan civilization using an astronavigation.
(incorrect)

The phrase “using astronavigation” is misplaced it confuses a reader confused whether


Mayan Civilization used it ? Or they used it to discover “Mayan civilization”

Using astronavigation they discovered an ancient Mayan civilization.(correct)

Or

They discovered an ancient Mayan civilization that used astronavigation.( correct too)

B) Dangling modifier: - it is usually a phrase or an elliptical clause – a dependent clause


whose subject and verb are implied rather than expressed – that functions as an
adjective but does not modify any specific word is a sent (or) worse, modifies the wrong
word. e.g.
i. Although nearly finished, we left the play early.(incorrect)
ii. Although the play was nearly finished, we left early. (correct)
iii. Only she ordered pizza.(ambiguous)
iv. She ordered only pizza. (correct)
C) Squinting Modifiers : it is an ambiguously placed modifies that can modify either the
word before it or the word after it. In other word it is “squinting “in both directions at
the same time. e.g.
i. The mystery has been solved (after 5 years) of the missing treasurer.(incorrect)
ii. The mystery of the missing treasurer has been solved after 5 years.

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