September 19, 2014

Adjectives: The basics


Adjectives are one of the eight parts of speech. Just as a reminder, the others are the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection. The primary purpose of an adjective is to modify a noun. They … [Read more...]

Parts of Speech: Adverbs


An adverb modifies--changes, enhances, limits, describes, intensifies, muffles -- a verb, an adjective or another adverb. AN ADVERB ANSWERS THE QUESTION HOW? [In the following examples, the adverb is bold and the word it modifies is … [Read more...]