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Writing Tips:
Grammar comprises the entire system of rules for language, including syntax.
Syntax deals with the way that words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. [Source: prowritingaid.com]
While it is true that identical words can be used as nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and prepositions, each is identifiable by its placement in sentences, clauses, and phrases.
Adverbs are easily differentiated from other word classes. An adverb is a part of speech that modifies another adverb, a verb, or an adjective. [Source: niu.edu>writingtutorial>grammar] An adverb that modifies an adjective or adverb usually goes before that adjective or adverb. [Source: englishgrammar101.com]
Adverbs and adjectives both modify other words and help with describing or identifying. [Source: prowritingaid.com]
Use adverbs when they help your readers understand more than they would have without them. A well-placed adverb or adverbial phrase will nudge a reader towards imagining the action, the mood of the characters, and what their intentions are. [Source: enago.com] In general, adverbs provide more information to answer questions such as When? Where? How? Why? [Source: thesaurus.com]
Many adverbs are formed from adjectives ending in –ly. [Source: languagecouncils.sg] and there are over one hundred descriptive adjectives ending in -ly.
Adverbs ending in -ly are overused embellishments and should be replaced with stronger adjectives or verbs.
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Five adverbs (very, truly, really, actually, extremely) weaken prose and poetry.
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Writers should use no more than one adverb per 300 words. Limiting the use of adverbs will help strengthen your writing. [Source: prowritingaid.com/grammar] Nobel Prize author Ernest Hemingway used 76 –ly adverbs per 10,000 words, fewer than most known authors.
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