Adjectives and Adverbs
First, adjectives describe nouns or pronouns while adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. One common mistake relates to using adjectives instead of adverbs. Because adverbs modify other adverbs, a correct phrase is "She sings really well" instead of "real well," because "really" is modifying the adverb "well." Likewise, "She sings good" is incorrect because "good" is an adjective being used to modify a verb: how she sings. The third rule states that the –ly of adverbs never gets dropped in the comparison form. "She talks more quietly" is correct, and "She talks quieter" is not; "quieter" is the comparison form of the adjective "quiet."
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