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adverb: see part of speech part of speech, in traditional English grammar , any one of about eight major classes of words, based on the parts of speech of ancient Greek and Latin. The parts of speech are noun , verb , adjective , adverb, interjection , preposition , conjunction , and pronoun . ..... Click the link for more information. ; adjective adjective, English part of speech , one of the two that refer typically to attributes and together are called modifiers. The other kind of modifier is the adverb. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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As long as the teacher was explaining to him, he believed him and seemed to comprehend, but as soon as he was left alone, he was positively unable to recollect and to understand that the short and familiar word "suddenly" is an adverb of manner of action. She told him that he was "horribly Western," but in this compliment the adverb was tinged with insincerity. I go, consequentementally,'--it would have given Mrs Plornish great concern if she could have been persuaded that his occasional lengthening of an adverb in this way, was the chief fault of his English,--'first among my countrymen. |
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