Adverbs And Adjetives

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ADJECTIVES VS ADVERBS
Definitions:
Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns. They may come before the word they describe (That is a cute puppy.) or they mayfollow the word they describe (That puppy is cute.).
Adverbs are words that modify everything but nouns and pronouns. They modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs. A word is an adverb if itanswers how, when, or where.
The only adverbs that cause grammatical problems are those that answer the question how, so focus on these.
RULE 1
Generally, if a word answers the question how, it is anadverb. If it can have an -ly added to it, place it there.
Examples:
She thinks slow / slowly.
She thinks how? slowly.
She is a slow / slowly thinker.
Slow does not answer how, so no -ly isattached. Slow is an adjective here.
She thinks fast / fastly.
Fast answers the question how, so it is an adverb. But fast never has an -ly attached to it.
We performed bad / badly.
Badly describes howwe performed.
RULE 2
A special -ly rule applies when four of the senses - taste, smell, look, feel - are the verbs. Do not ask if these senses answer the question how to determine if -ly should beattached. Instead, ask if the sense verb is being used actively. If so, use the -ly.
Examples:
Roses smell sweet / sweetly.
Do the roses actively smell with noses? No, so no -ly.
The woman lookedangry / angrily.
Did the woman actively look with eyes or are we describing her appearance? We are only describing appearance, so no -ly.
The woman looked angry / angrily at the paint splotches.Here the woman did actively look with eyes, so the -ly is added.
She feels bad / badly about the news.
She is not feeling with fingers, so no -ly.
GOOD vs. WELL
RULE 3
The word good is anadjective, while well is an adverb.
Examples:
You did a good job.
Good describes the job.
You did the job well.
Well answers how.
You smell good today.
Describes your odor, not how you smell with your...