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- Regular adverbs are formed by taking an adjective and adding some form of the suffix “-ly.” Sometimes the spelling of the adjective changes to accommodate this suffix; sometimes the suffix itself must change. As with most spelling rules in English, though, there are exceptions even to these patterns.
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The most common way to make adverbs is by adding – ly to an adjective. Because this type of adverb formation applies in almost 90% of cases all adverbs ending in – ly are known as regular adverbs in as much as they follow a basic rule.
In most cases, an adverb is formed by adding -ly to an adjective. If the adjective ends in -y, replace the y with i and add -ly. If the adjective ends in -able, -ible, or -le, replace the -e with -y. If the adjective ends in -ic, add -ally. Exception: public -> publicly.
Most adverbs, like most adjectives, are gradable (they can express different degrees of qualities, properties, states, conditions and relations). We can modify adverbs using other types of adverbs and comparative forms to make longer adverb phrases.
We make many adverbs by adding -LY to an adjective, for example: quickLY; carefulLY; beautifulLY. But some adverbs have no particular form. Look at these examples: well, fast, very, never, always, often, still...
Adverbs are words that tell us how, when, where, how often, or how much. Adverb can modify verbs (e.g., runs quickly), adjectives (e.g., extremely small), or other adverbs (e.g., very well).
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Forming Regular Adverbs: Most adverbs are formed by adding "-ly" to the end of an adjective (quick becomes quickly). Next, we have adjectives that end with '-y'. We replace the '-y' with '-ily'.
