 | Wylie Wesley Kennedy, Thomas Bayard Bridges - English language - 1918 - 114 pages
...Beautiful. The third book. Which one of the books? Third. One dozen of eggs. How many dozens ? One. An Adverb is a word used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, usually by showing how, when, where, why, how long, how often, sometimes how much, but never how many.... | |
 | Henry Carr Pearson, Mary Frederika Kirchwey - English language - 1921 - 384 pages
...assertion. 4. An adjective is a word used to modify or limit the meaning of a noun or a pronoun. 5. An adverb is a word used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. 6. A preposition is a word used to introduce a phrase, and to show the relation between the principal... | |
 | Susan Isabel Frazee, Chauncey Wetmore Wells - English language - 1921 - 198 pages
...pronominals common proper [ positive Form \ comparative [ superlative Use | To modify nouns. ADVERBS An adverb is a word used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. The simple adverb may denote the time, the place, the degree, or the manner in which the verb performs... | |
 | Arthur Cecil Perry - 1921 - 168 pages
...of the adjective to express quantity or quality in different degrees. A word is an adverb when it is used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. A word is a preposition when it is used before a noun or a pronoun to show position or direction. A... | |
 | William Dana Miller, Harry Gilbert Paul - English language - 1922 - 516 pages
...difficult completes the meaning and modifies the object work. The Adverb An adverb is a word that is used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb. Examples: He works diligently. The building is very large. He spoke very distinctly. Adverbs generally... | |
 | Berthold Louis Ullman, Norman E. Henry - Latin language - 1923 - 436 pages
...used in the conjugation of other verbs : I am learning; Did you see? They have given. 618. Adverbs An adverb is a word used to modify the meaning of a verb, adjective, or other adverb : He is working now, Nunc laborat. 619. Prepositions A preposition is a... | |
 | Henry Seidel Canby, John Baker Opdycke - English language - 1925 - 638 pages
...(20) If you would earn fame, let not the sun find you in bed. SECTION FIFTY-ONE ADVERBS Definition: An adverb is a word used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. He went quickly. He is a very clever boy. He did unusually well. Some words may be both adjectives... | |
 | Joseph Villiers Denney, Eleanor Louise Skinner, Ada Maria Skinner - English language - 1926 - 456 pages
...judgment. 12. There are two forms of drama, comedy and tragedy. 8. ADVERBS: REVIEW I. You remember that an adverb is a word used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. The adverb gives definiteness to the verb by telling when, where, to what degree; and it serves the... | |
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An adverb is a word used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. 
