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  2. English adverbs - Wikipedia

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    William Bullokar wrote the earliest grammar of English, published in 1586.It includes a chapter on adverbs. His definition follows: An adverb is a part of speech joined with a verb or participle to declare their signification more expressly by such adverb: as, come hither if they wilt go forth, sometimes with an adjective: as, thus broad: & sometimes joined with another adverb: as, how soon ...

  3. Adverb - Wikipedia

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    An adverb is a word or an expression that generally modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a determiner, a clause, a preposition, or a sentence. Adverbs typically express manner, place, time, frequency, degree, or level of certainty by answering questions such as how , in what way , when , where , to what extent .

  4. List of acronyms: S - Wikipedia

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    This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter S. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars

  5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Some suffixes that are commonly used to form adverbs from nouns are -ward[s] (as in homeward[s]) and -wise (as in lengthwise). Adverbs are also formed by adding -ly to the participles. For example, according, a present participle adjective, becomes accordingly, an adverb, by adding -ly after it.

  6. Conjunction (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    3. An adjective (or adjectival phrase) or an adverb (or an adverbial phrase) paired with an ensuing conjunction, e.g. - "Successes that are as scattered as they are rare." "He ran both far and fast." "She's either a singer or an actress." "A puppy that's not only cute but also smart." "Neither the caller’s name nor the number was visible."

  7. Subject–verb–object word order - Wikipedia

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    In linguistic typology, subject–verb–object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third. Languages may be classified according to the dominant sequence of these elements in unmarked sentences (i.e., sentences in which an unusual word order is not used for emphasis).

  8. Adverbial - Wikipedia

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    An adverbial is a construction which modifies or describes verbs. When an adverbial modifies a verb, it changes the meaning of that verb. This may be performed by an adverb or a word group, either considered an adverbial: for example, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, a finite clause or a non-finite clause. [2]

  9. Subject–auxiliary inversion - Wikipedia

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    The same frequently occurs in elliptical clauses beginning with as. a. Fred fell asleep, and Jim did too. b. Fred fell asleep, and so did Jim. c. Fred fell asleep, as did Jim. Inversion also occurs following an expression beginning with so or such, as in: a. We felt so tired (such tiredness) that we fell asleep. b.