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WesternAmerican Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

A bunch of questions regarding Adverbs

Do adverbs solely describe verbs?Can they also describe a noun?
For example:
Extremely hot?
I know that the whole sentence should be: The weather is extremly hot ; A phrase in which the 'is' is refered to as a verb, yet the adbverb solely describes the noun
  

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Can they also describe a noun? For example: Extremely hot ? I know that the whole sentence should be: The weather is extremly hot ; A phrase in which the 'is' is refered to as a verb, yet the adbverb solely describes the noun Hi WesternAmerican.

  • Can they also describe a noun?
  • For example: Extremely hot ?
  • I know that the whole sentence should be: The weather is extremly hot ; A phrase in which the 'is' is refered to as a verb, yet the adbverb solely describes the noun Hi WesternAmerican.
  • Adverbs not only modify verbs, they also modify adjective and another adverb, but never nouns.
  • The tamale was so extremely deliciously hot that I was enjoying every bite with tears Adv- adv –adjective modification.
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WesternAmericanDo adverbs solely describe verbs?Can they also describe a noun?
For example:
Extremely hot?
I know that the whole sentence should be: The weather is extremly hot ; A phrase in which the 'is' is refered to as a verb, yet the adbverb solely describes the noun
Hi WesternAmerican.

Adverbs not
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extremely is an adverb of degree. These are used to modify adjectives or other adverbs.

extremely hot, very fast, so old, too complicated, more happily

CJ

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