By Articles, Adverbs

Different people have different opinions on this, so you pays your money and you takes your choice I guess. Here are a few (randomly Googled) definitions that agree with my position: San Diego State University Style Guide (http://bfa.sdsu.edu/editorial/section2.htm): "Alternately"...

Hi,It is known to me that only adverb can modify an adjective but I have been modifying weather words/terms/adjectives?? like "sunny" with words like "sizzling" and "boiling". Do you call them an adverb like "very"?? I have used the word/adjective...

First, let me call your attention to CB's correction. "Very" is an adverb, not an adjective, and it probably always was. "Most" is an adjective when it modifies a noun (Most people can swim.), but in the two quite different usages we've been talking about here,...

I'd recommend repeating the "of" - and in particular, of children in the City..... Even better, in my opinion, would be to repeat "the safety of" - (and in particular, the safety of children in the city...)To my ear, you could avoid repeating it by switching to...

Hi, In the book named "Longman English Grammar" by L. G. Alexander in the section 8 named "Prepositions, Adverb particles, and Phrasal verbs," I saw this sentence. What does 'case' mean to you? English uses more prepositions than most other European languages, partly...

The word laugh is either a noun or a verb, never an adjective or adverb. If it follows a possessive pronoun (which could be substituted with the definite article) it must be a noun. Words with the "ly" suffix are adverbial.

You should delete the indefinite article in the second and third sentences. - "pharmacologically active" = adverb + adjective (i.e. there is no noun)- "inert" = adjective (i.e. there is no noun)

A Grammar Rhyme by David B. Tower and Benjamin F. Tweed A noun's the name of anything; As, school or garden, hoop or swing. Adjectives tell the kind of noun; As, great, small, pretty, white, or brown. Three of these words we often see, Called articles - a, an, and the. Instead...

Hi, I think Mr. M once told me (or us) something to the effect that when you have to put a hyphenated word in the quotation marks, one mark is enough. I think what he meant is you can either choose the hyphen or quotation marks. Can we use both or should we always use just one? Adverbs as a...

The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used in...