Adjectives and Adverbs

What’s the difference between an adjective and adverb?

An adjective modifies a noun

• “I am quiet”

An adverb modifies a verb, adjectives and other adverbs

• “I am killing her softly”

• “He is especially clever that bastard!”

Do all adverbs end in -ly?

Not necessarily, but most do.

If you can attach —ly to a adjective, you should add that to make it an adverb

Ex. “She thinks fastly” is wrong, while “She thinks quickly” is correct.

“She is a quick/quickly thinker” it’s quick because the adjective is describing “she”

What is the dillema with linking verbs (those pertaining to smell, taste)

Sometimes they really just make you believe an adverb is appropriate where an adjective is better suited —> Because they pertain to the senses, you confuse an adjective as being attached to the verb rather than the noun

“The roses smelled sweet/sweetly”

It’s supposed to be “sweet” because it describes the roses, now how it smells

What types of adverbs cause the most trouble?

Those partaining to “How” since they fall into the trap of number 3

Is “good” an adjective or adverb? What about “well”?

Good is an adjective

Well is an adverb

When is “Well” considered an adjective

It is when it’s used for health/wellness

I feel well!

Enumerate the way to make a positive vs comparative vs superlative adjective

Quiet, Quiter, Quitest

Lovely, Lovelier, Loveliest

Three degrees of a adverb

“He walked slowly” “He walked more slowly” “ He walked slowest”

Do not drop the -ly, and use “more” for the comparative degree

If you’re using an adverb to compare against a past version of yourself, do you add “More” to the adverb

“I want you to eat more daintily/daintily”

“I want you to screw me roughly/more roughly”

You use “more”