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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

problem in the definition of ''adverb''

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0 The underlined sentence tells us what kind of categories an adverb can have.Do you want examples for them? 0-
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Jackson6612Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:
1adverb:
a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages, typically serving as a modifier of a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a preposition, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence, expressing some relation of manner or quality, place, time, degree, number, cause, opposition, affirma
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