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Common Errros In English by engrMikemd(m): 6:29pm On May 25, 2017 |
Adverbials Adverbials include one-word adverbs (e.g. now, there, away, slowly), prepositional phrases (on Tuesday, at home, to the farm, etc); clauses (before you arrive, if he comes, etc); noun phrases (last week, last year, etc), and other types. They can classified into adverbials of time, place, manner, degree, etc. They usually 'modify' a verb, but some adverbials can play other modifying roles. Altogether adverbials are a very mixed group. Manner Adverbs A very large number of adverbs, including most adverbs of manner, are formed by adding -ly to and adjective. This is not possible if the adjective already ends in -ly, to form an adverb, for example: Fast Wrong: She ran fastly because the train was coming. Correct: She ran fast because the train was coming. Time Adverbs After wrongly used Wrong: The doctor is busy at present. Come again after. Correct: The doctor is busy at present. Come again later. 'After' should not be used by itself as an adverb of time. As of now Wrong: As at now Musa is trying to build a house. Correct: AS of now Musa is trying to build a house. Before wrongly used Wrong: I last visited the zoo before three years Wrong: I last visited the zoo three years before. Correct: I last visited the zoo three years ago. When used as a preposition of time, 'before' means 'earlier than . . .': There were powerful states in Africa before the coming of the Europeans. 'Before' can also be used as an adverb, usually coming at the end of a clause or a sentence, and meaning 'earlier than this': I have never set eyes on him before. But 'ago' is the right word meaning 'at such-and-such a point in time before the present'. |
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