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**Adverbs refer to the manner, location, time or frequency of an action | **Adverbs refer to the manner, location, time or frequency of an action | ||
*morphological test: | *morphological test: | ||
**adding the suffix -ly to adjectives but not always; | **adding the suffix -ly to adjectives but not always (e.g. ''fast - fast''); | ||
*syntactic test | *syntactic test | ||
**Adverbs can occur in the following diagnostic environment: <i>Pat treats Chris very __ </i> | **Adverbs can occur in the following diagnostic environment: <i>Pat treats Chris very __ </i> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:22, 10 October 2018
- Semantic test:
- Adverbs refer to the manner, location, time or frequency of an action
- morphological test:
- adding the suffix -ly to adjectives but not always (e.g. fast - fast);
- syntactic test
- Adverbs can occur in the following diagnostic environment: Pat treats Chris very __