Meaning of English words

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Here is a list of common verbs with choices of suitable adverbs compiled as examples:-

Study Hard

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COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

Adverbs are compared in the same way as Adjectives. As most adverbs are two-syllable words they generally form the Comparative and Superlative by adding “more” and “most” to the Positive.

Indulge in things you most truly love

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An Adverb is a word which modifies or adds to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Adverbs may be divided, according to their use, into the following classes:-

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In order to understand the “Possessive Adjectives” better, lets take a look at possessive pronouns;

1. A possessive case form of possessive pronouns using “mine, yours, his, hers, its / ours, yours, theirs” to show ownership without having to use apostrophe.

Example: These books are mine and those are his.

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In addition to the commonly used and known “Personal Pronouns”, there are 4 more categories of pronouns which we can use to demonstrate, to interrogate, to relate and in indefinite form. They are as follows:-
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I found this in one of those forwarded email I received daily and I thought it will help to make the process of learning English a bit on the fun side.

Let’s take a break and enjoy the following knowledge. Whether they are true or not let’s not worry about them too much…. have fun!!!
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As you know adjectives are used to describe the nouns and here I wish to show you that they are also used to compare two or more different objects while describing them. Here are two rules for use in such comparison:

1. Positive, Comparative & Superlative

The Positive is used when speaking of or describing an object, eg. short, big.

The Comparative is used when comparing two objects and is formed by adding “-er” to the Positive, e.g. shorter, bigger.

The Superlative is used when speaking of more than two objects and is formed by adding “-est” to the Positive e.g. shortest, biggest.

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An adjective is a word which qualifies or adds to the meaning of a noun (a noun we mean to include pronoun and noun phrases). {Adjective was previously called Ad-noun.}

Another important function of an adjective is to modify the meaning of a noun; e.g. “a man” gives you a mental vision of just a male human being, however, if you add one or a few adjectives to the noun “man” you will get a clearer picture of what the man looks like e.g. “a fat, old and bald man”.

Adjectives usually appear before a noun or after certain verbs and pronouns e.g.

• The mischievous boys threw stones at the poor dog.
• The boys (They) are mischievous.

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I read the explanation of “Sentence Modifiers” by an English Professor, Mark Canada and it is clearly the best written and I felt compel to repeat what he wrote here.

“Sentence modifiers are the black sheep of English syntax. Unlike nominals, verbs, and auxiliaries, they do not fill standard sentence slots. Furthermore, although we call them “modifiers,” sentence modifiers are not like adjectiveals and adverbials in that they are not intimately tied to any particular element of the sentence. Instead, sentence modifiers introduce ideas into sentences without bearing clear grammatical relationships to them. In fact, sentence modifiers can seem a little “tacked on”–at least in terms of grammar.”
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