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Right Words, Wrong Words

  
  
  

Good - well. Good is an adjective. Well is typically used as an adverb but may be used as an adjective to refer to the state of someone's health.

Compound Adjectives

  
  
  
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No aspect of style causes greater difficulty than compound adjectives. When a compound adjective is shown hyphenated in the dictionary, you can assume only that the expression is hyphenated when it occurs directly before a noun. When the same combination of words falls elsewhere in the sentence, the use or omission of hyphens depends on how the words are used.

Do you write really good? Please say it ain't so!

  
  
  
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Don't "wreck" your writing by misusing adverbs as adjectives, and don't "get lost" misusing adjectives as adverbs.

Grammar Questions Answered

  
  
  

Here are some questions we've received from readers and clients, followed by our answers. Hope you find these helpful!

Fun with Adverbs

  
  
  

Let's spend some time this week on parts of speech. This post is on the adverb. The fun is in getting them right, and, if your personality is such, helping others with their adverbs.

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