Our discussion of flat adverbs continues today as we, firstly, add more examples. I hope you remember what flat adverbs are: those that do not carry -ly.
Adverbs are of different types. Among such are adverbs of manner (like smoothly, awkwardly and loudly) and those of time (today, yesterday and now). But there is a type not commonly taught: the one ...
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Even more pragmatic uses of inversion

WE have already taken up how inverted sentences depart from the normal sentence-verb-complement pattern (S-V/C) to put the ...
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The natural language of everyday life, philosophy, and science contains adverbs and adverbial clauses, for example, “France almost won the Football World Cup 2023”, “The electron moves very fast, 6×10 ...
You know those words that describe how you do something, quickly, loudly, carefully? Those are called adverbs of manner, and they’re some of the most useful adverbs ...
Example: I went to the beach, and I got a sunburn. The two independent clauses in this sentence are “I went to the beach” and “I got a sunburn.” The coordinating conjunction is “and.” Other ...
As a writer, you know proper grammar is crucial. But do you really understand the different grammatical terms and how they function in sentences? Identifying parts of speech and understanding their ...