While adjectives are words that modify nouns/ pronouns, adverbs are words that modify just about everything else (verbs, adjectives, and even other adverbs).
Yesterday the quite befuddled Jim very happily posted a misplaced comment on this blog. Perhaps he has already deleted it.
The adverbs are yesterday (modifies the verb posted), quite (modifies the adjective befuddled), very (modifies the adverb happily), happily (modifies the verb posted), perhaps (modifies the auxiliary verb has), and already (modifies the verb deleted).
Adverbs modify words in terms of manner (happily), time (yesterday), frequency and probability (perhaps), duration and degree (already).
There are two categories of adverbs. Conjunctive adverbs (however, therefore, nevertheless, moreover) and Intensifiers (very, extremely, kind of, more).
Conjunctive adverbs join two independent clauses:
I have to take a grammar test in a week's time; hence, my blog is full of grammar.(Keep your finger on the term "independent clauses". We'll get to them in a later post.)
Intensifiers, well, intensify. :)
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