Adjectives that should be adverbs
Posted by Phil Jamieson Apr 23, 2014 7:00:00 AM
Adjectives that should be adverbs
Topics: adverbs, adjectives
Posted by Phil Jamieson Feb 26, 2014 6:00:00 AM
If you're an avid reader of our blog posts, then you know all about adverbs that do not end in ly and can be mistaken for adjectives. For example, An ill-clothed baby is correctly hyphenated, since ill is an adverb linked to clothed.
Topics: hyphenation, adverbs
Posted by Phil Jamieson Jan 31, 2014 6:30:00 AM
OK, so the game's a close one and it's the fourth quarter. The chips and salsa are long gone, but the beer and sodas are holding out and the excitement is palpable.
Topics: adverbs, adjectives
Posted by Phil Jamieson Jul 24, 2013 5:30:00 AM
Phil Jamieson (Founder/President of ProofreadNOW.com) discusses how to properly combine adjectives and adverbs in this GrammarTip video.
Topics: adverbs, adjectives, GrammarTip video, Video
Posted by Julie DeSilva Feb 14, 2012 5:30:00 AM
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.
Topics: adverbs, adjectives
Posted by Phil Jamieson Feb 7, 2012 5:30:00 AM
Many of our blog article topics are inspired by common mistakes we see in documents. Today's post is all about adverbs and participles.
Topics: hyphenation, participles, adverbs
Posted by Julie DeSilva Sep 27, 2011 5:30:00 AM
Don't "wreck" your writing by misusing adverbs as adjectives, and don't "get lost" misusing adjectives as adverbs.
Topics: adverbs, adjectives, writing tips
Posted by Phil Jamieson Jun 29, 2010 5:00:00 AM
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.
Topics: adverbs, adjectives, preposition, parts of speech