UWF WRITING LAB RULES OF THUMB FOR ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USE

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UWF WRITING LABRULES OF THUMB FOR ADJECTIVE AND
ADVERB USE

• From Real Good Grammar, Too
• by Mamie Webb Hixon

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Adjectives and Adverbs

• Use adjectives after sense verbs such as look,
  smell, taste, feel, or sound or after linking
  verbs (is, am, are, was, were and other forms of
  be) The steak tastes very good.
• Most adverbs end in ly use adverbs after
  transitive and intransitive verbs/verbs of
  action She submits her paperwork promptly.

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Bad and Badly

• Bad is an adjective I feel bad about the delay.
• Badly is an adverb It doesn't hurt so badly now.

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Good and Well

• Good is an adjective You look good in blue.
  You wear it well.
• Well is an adverb He gets along well with his
  co-workers.
• Well is also an adjective when it is used to
  refer to health I am not well today.

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Real and Really

• Real is an adjective meaning "genuine" really is
  an adverb The admiral has real charm, so he is
  really charismatic.
• The use of real as an adverb is colloquial or
  nonstandard He writes real really well.

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Sort of and kind of

• Sort of and kind of are often misused in written
  English by writers who actually mean rather or
  somewhat Lannie was kind of rather saddened by
  the results of the test.

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Question and Answer Session

• Are there any questions about the rules of using
  adjectives and adverbs?
• PLEASE ASK!

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LETS PRACTICE!!!

• Our minister pronounces his words very (precise,
  precisely).
• PRECISELY
• My pen was writing so (bad, badly) that I threw
  it away.
• BADLY
• The experts are (somewhat, kind of) undecided
  about the wisdom of such a tax.
• SOMEWHAT
• The woman looked (different, differently) than
  she did the day before.
• DIFFERENT

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LETS PRACTICE A LITTLE MORE!!!

• She looks (different, differently) at the
  situation now.
• DIFFERENTLY
• I feel (bad, badly) about missing the concert.
• BAD
• Make sure that she stirs the cookie batter (good,
  well).
• WELL
• Ted is a (real, really) good singer.
• REALLY