a/n: new word/acronym time!
TL;DR: an acronym for "too long; didn't read," used as short hand for the phrase "long story short." basically, it's used to summarize your previous statement.
Alright gang, it's time for adverbs, or as I like to call them: baby verbs.
Why did I say that? I do not call them that. What the heck am I on?
Anyways. Adverbs. Let's break that work down:
Ad-verb.
Why do they call it an adverb? Because it adds to the verb!
I have no idea why they call it that, but let's just pretend I'm right.
I does actually add to the verb though. Or rather "modifies it" as the teachers say.
-ly adverbs are the most common (I will not be covering the other types), those are just the ones that end in -ly. (by the way, you pronounce "-ly" like the letters L and Y, not like "lee")
Here's a list of -ly adverbs:
accidentally
accusingly
adamantly
angrily
anxiously
argumentatively
badly
beautifully
boldly
bravely
breathlessly
carefully
certainly
correctly
dangerously
dutifully
eagerly
effortlessly
evenly
eventually
finally
foolishly
frequently
generally
gladly
gracefully
greatly
happily
highly
hungrily
ironically
loudly
lovely
lowly
massively
motionlessly
mournfully
necessarily
normally
painstakingly
partially
perfectly
practically
pragmatically
promptly
proudly
purposefully
quickly
quietly
roughly
sadly
separately
sharply
shortly
slowly
smoothly
spitefully
suddenly
thankfully
wrongly
(I did not write this list, I found it online because I'm lazy.)
Here's some in sentences:
She looked upon the creature inquisitively.
George has been lazily lounging around the house all day.
I'm afraid the knight was mortally wounded in battle.
Nervously, Kent turned the knob and opened the door.
And they lived merrily ever after.
The circumstances rapidly changed overnight.
As he turned sharply, the parcel flew out the window.
They embraced one another warmly.
Jodi took her time, but she got there eventually.
The committee hastily organized the event for the weekend.
(Again, I'm lazy. You can't complain, you're using a free curriculum)
Adverbs are kinda tricky. when you're using adverbs, people often use them incorrectly, getting them confused with adjectives.
A pretty common error that people make is something like "I ran to the store quick" or "he runs very quick."
This is bad. Don't do that. Don't use "quick" here. Instead, in these sentences, "quick" is modifying "ran" and "runs." Those are verbs, and need to be modified by an adverb, not an adjective. TD;DR, the right way is to use is "quickly."
I'm tired man, so the TL;DR of this chapter is adverbs modify verbs. They add t the verb.
Questions?
Just so you know, the next chapter is going to be covering basic formating, which will apply mostly to writers here on Wattpad. If you want more chapters discussing sentence structure, let me know!
Love y'all!
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Enjoy the rest of your day!
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