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Hoax Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Adverbs usage.

Hello again, i wanted to know if i am using the advers correctly in these twos sentences i have constructed.

---- Adverb -----
I went walking down the road.    - Simple sentence
I hastly went walking down the road.  - Added adverb 

I seasoned the chicken.   "" ""
I quickly scatterd seasoning on the chicken. " " "  
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Hi, Hoax - welcome to English Forums. Please do not pre-format your text: it is hard to read. Type it directly in or paste it from a simple wordprocessing software like Notepad or Wordpad.

I went walking down the road. - Simple sentence -- OK.
I hastily went walking down the road. - Added adverb -- 'Hastily' does not match 'walking' in meaning: that is the only prob
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HoaxHello again, i wanted to know if i am using the advers correctly in these twos sentences i have constructed.

Adverb
I went walking down the road. - Simple sentence

I hastly went walking down the road.

- Added adverb I seasoned the chicken. "" "I quickly scatterd seasoning on the chicken.
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"'Hastily' does not match 'walking' in meaning: that is the only problem."

Thanks for the fast reply mate. Sorry about the formated text.
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Ah, thanks i understand, when i read it outloud does sound weird.
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The basic property of an adverb is to modify the verb. It says how something was done.The verb was "walk". So Slowly/ Hastily/ quickly/ hurriedly/ will each paint a picture how he was walking. It is not so much "matching" an adverb as to make a sentence sound logical and semantically correct. Learning how to use the correct adverb depends on your understanding of the adjective and your vocabuary.
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