Basically, an adverb modifies a verb or adjective to tell you how someone did something. The main problem is, unfortunately, people tend to overuse adverbs.

“I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs.” —Stephen King Adverbs tell us when, where, why, how, how much and how often. Without adverbs, we wouldn’t have massively multi-player ...

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is an Adverb? by Brian Cleary, illus. by Brian Gable, is the newest entry in the Words Are Categorical series. A playful rhyming text (""Adverbs tell us when and ...

As a writer, it’s not your place to tell a reader how to feel about something. Give them the facts and let them decide for themselves. He died in a plane crash.

Mastering adjectives and adverbs is crucial for vivid and engaging writing. Many students struggle with this concept, leading ...

But that doesn’t make it right to tell people to eschew adverbs. Here’s why: Imagine, for a moment, that you’ve taken this advice, in its sternest form, to heart. Adverbs bad.

Everybody loves adverbs. Unsurprisingly, scientists love them, too. They use them a lot. So much that Neil Saunders, a statistical bioinformatician, decided to dig into which adverbs get the most ...

I heard from a number of readers recently about traffic signs they saw reminding drivers that school has started, so they should “Drive Safe.” The sentiment is laudable, but the grammar is wrong.

The main use of adverbs is, as we have seen, to say how something is done. But adverbs also tell us when, where, why and under what conditions an action happens. Timmy arrives in Hong Kong tomorrow.