adverbs Archives – Page 3 of 10 – English Grammar Pro

The word ‘way’ is almost always a noun, but sometimes it can be an adverb. 1 WAY (NN1) 13013801 4 WAY (II32) 83960 5 WAY (RR22) 78449 6 WAY (RR%) 53219 The word ‘way’ is usually a general adverb before many types of adverbs, and adjectives. (RG)(RGR)(RRR)(RP)(JJ)(JJR) There are also adverb phrases such as: ‘half […]

1 LESS (DAR) 1728658 2 LESS (RGR) 1135509 6 LESS (RRR) 224790 13 LESS (II%) 21380 17 LESS (RR33) 10629 27 LESS (NN1) 1708

1 REGARDLESS (RR) OF (IO) 567480 2 KIND (RR21%) OF (RR22) 284947 3 KIND (RR21%_NN1) OF (RR22_IO) 206018 4 SORT (RR21@) OF (RR22) 203882 5 SORT (RR21@_NN1) OF (RR22_IO) 68030 6 ALL (RR41) OF (RR42) 63795 7 BEST (RRT_JJT) OF (IO) 54762 8 ALSO (RR) OF (IO) 40709 9 ALL (RR@) OF (IO) 32409 10 […]

If the word ‘somewhat’ is followed by the word ‘of’ then it is a singular determiner. In all other cases, it is a general adverb. 1 SOMEWHAT (DD1) OF (IO) 29129 2 SOMEWHAT (RR) . (.) 13339 3 SOMEWHAT (RR) MORE (RGR) 12322 4 SOMEWHAT (RR) DIFFERENT (JJ) 12075 5 SOMEWHAT (RR) , (,) 10872 […]

1 LONG (JJ) 3552089 2 LONG (RR) 1695369 5 LONG (CS32) 727692 6 LONG (RR22) 93610 9 LONG (VVI) 48001 14 LONG (RR32) 7934

1 The word ‘JUST’ is most often a general adverb. (RR) 4 JUST (RR21) 350827 5 However, ‘JUST’ can also be an adjective. (JJ)

1 AROUND (II) 2642412 2 AROUND (RP) 2001519 1 BEEN (VBN) AROUND (RP) FOR (IF) 57254 2 WAY (NN1) AROUND (RP) . (.) 26838 3 TIME (NNT1) AROUND (RP) . (.) 23802 4 TIME (NNT1) AROUND (RP) , (,) 22216 5 PLAY (VVI) AROUND (RP) WITH (IW) 20354 6 PLAYING (VVG) AROUND (RP) WITH (IW) […]

The word ‘across’ is most often a preposition. It can also be a locative adverb or adverb particle. 1 (II) As a preposition, ‘across’ precedes a noun phrase. Obviously the next word will most often be an article. 1 FROM (II) ACROSS (II_RL@) THE (AT) 76123 2 AND (CC) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 29899 3 […]

1 IS (VBZ) ALSO (RR) A (AT1) 431112 2 IS (VBZ) JUST (RR) A (AT1) 186187 3 IS (VBZ) STILL (RR) A (AT1) 126059 4 IS (VBZ) ALWAYS (RR) A (AT1) 99232 5 WAS (VBDZ) ALSO (RR) A (AT1) 98531 6 ‘S (VBZ) JUST (RR) A (AT1) 96851 7 ‘S (VBZ) ALSO (RR) A (AT1) […]

2 WRONG (JJ) 641636 3 WRONG (RR) 183531 17 WRONG (NN1) 1525