By Ashton Leatherman

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Adverbs
Yeah, adverbs

• By Ashton Leatherman

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Adverbs Defined

• Adverbs are words that modify a verb, an
  adjective, or another adverb.
• They often tell where, when, why, or under what
  conditions something happens or happened.
• Adverbs usually end in ly, however, many words
  and phrases not ending in ly serve an adverbial
  function and an ly ending is not a guarantee
  that it is an adverb. The words lonely, lovely,
  motherly, friendly, and neighborly are
  adjectives.

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Adverb Clause

• If a group of words containing a subject and verb
  acts as an adverb (modifying the verb of the
  sentence), it is called an adverb clause.
• Example subject
• When school is over, they are coming to my
  house. verb

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Adverbial Phrase

• When a group of words not containing a subject or
  verb acts as an adverb, its called an adverbial
  phrase. Prepositional phrases frequently have
  adverbial functions (telling place and time,
  modifying the verb).
• Examples
• She went to the movies.
• He works on holidays.
• They lived in Canada during the war.

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Adverbial Phrases Continued

• Infinitive phrases can act as adverbs also
  (usually telling why).
• ExamplesShe hurried to the mainland to see her
  brother.
• The senator ran to catch the bus.

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Sources

• The site Ms. Whisnant gave us.
• http//grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adverbs.ht
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