Why is also an adverb

They are protesting. They are also breaking the law. Some examples of modal verbs are can, could, must, may, might, should, and would. Jill can speak French. She can also speak Chinese. We could hear the loud music. Our neighbors could also hear the music. I must attend the conference. Joe must also attend the conference. Christine may join us for dinner. Sam may also join us for dinner. It will be cloudy this weekend. It might also rain this weekend.

If I have to be there. They should also be there. We would like some coffee. We would also like some tea. Directions: Rewrite each sentence using the word "also" 1 I am Italian. Directions: Rewrite the second sentence using the word "also" 1 I enjoy classical music. I enjoy pop music. How does Phillip sing? How does my cat wait? How will I consider your suggestion?

Adverbs can answer other types of questions about how an action was performed. They can also tell you when We arrived early and where Turn here. Linking verbs , such as feel, smell, sound, seem, and appear, typically need adjectives, not adverbs.

A very common example of this type of mixup is. I feel badly about what happened. An adverb would describe how you perform the action of feeling—an adjective describes what you feel. Adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs. Often, the purpose of the adverb is to add a degree of intensity to the adjective. The woman is quite pretty.

You can use an adverb to describe another adverb. In fact, if you wanted to, you could use several. Phillip sings rather enormously too loudly. The problem is that it often produces weak and clunky sentences like the one above, so be careful not to overdo it. Some adverbs can modify entire sentences—unsurprisingly, these are called sentence adverbs. Common ones include generally, fortunately, interestingly, and accordingly.

Fortunately, we got there in time. Interestingly, no one at the auction seemed interested in bidding on the antique spoon collection. At one time, the use of the word hopefully as a sentence adverb e. Moreover , the evidence he does provide is seriously flawed. Research has shown that first-language development is not impeded by exposure to a second language. Furthermore , there is no evidence to support the claim that children find bilingual education confusing.

Which Word? In British English it is not usually used at the end of a sentence. Too is much more common in spoken and informal English. In British English as well is used like too , but in North American English it sounds formal or old-fashioned.

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