By Adverbs, Word order

abroad (FOREIGN PLACE) Show phoneticsadjective , adverbin or to a foreign country or countries:He's currently abroad on business.We always go abroad in the summer. It's not always an adverb. It doesn't suit your sentence. Foreign is much better, unless you change the word order...

Yes, I should've done it myself first I got it. I thought the word order was adverb + adjective first, but these are an adjective and a noun phraze, I suppose. By the way, 'favorite' is countable, so; These are particular favorites of mine. Is this correct?

Hi Hoa ThaiThere were a number of details that I considered in my last post. These included the following:- Sold out used strictly as a verb vs sold out used like an adjective - Verb tense- Using sold vs sold out (particularly in combination with the word 'all')- Word order (i.e. Does...

Is is the verb in the first sentence and the station is the subject. In the second sentence are is the verb and the tickets is the subject. Here is an adverb of place in both sentences. The inversion (= verb before subject) is due to here. In other Germanic languages inversion is always required...

Maple wrote:But this one seems correct: Not far from there stood Edgar Snow, the famous American author.Hi MapleYou are right. However, note that just the word order is inverted and the usual grammatical interrogative structure is not used.Cf.Not only did he stand on a chair, he also looked...

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. It is said that 'too' is an adverb.Please let me know in what way it is an adverb in sentences like this. 1. You too, Brutus! This is not really a sentence. It's an exclamation. I would consider that the verb is implicit but not stated. It's like you are really...

Hi, Can you please explain to me more thoroughly the meaning of the sentence ( i can't get the idea here) 'As a reader aloud of his own work, Andersen was unsurpassed, and this tale ( the ugly duckling) is always a favourite' Andersen sometimes read his own work aloud, to other people. No...

Hi Kooyeen"Don't put an adverb between a verb and its object" is a good rule even though there are exceptions to it. Since inflections have practically disappeared from English over time, it is customary to place the object after the verb to facilitate communication. However, if the object is...

Hi Tung QuocIf you place an adverb of time (now) at the beginning of the sentence, it is more emphatic:Now I understand everything.I understand everything now.Both are correct.It is usually not a good idea to put anything between the main verb (understand) and its object (everything), and word...

We must come up with a seamless way to support scientific progress and to administer the treatments we have, in order ultimately to alleviate as much suffering as possible. Do you think it is correct to insert 'ultimately' between order and to? What does it modify? I see nothing wrong with the...