Word of the Week - Adverb

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

According to Dictionary.com, “adverbs typically express some relation of place, time, manner, attendant circumstance, degree, cause, inference, result, condition, exception, concession, purpose, or means.”  To state it more simply an adverb modifies a verb and usually ends in ly.  Think of an adverb as an adjective and verb joined together.
The following are examples:
The boy ran [...]

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Word of the Week - Verb

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

According to Answers.com a verb is, “the part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence.” Examples of existence are the words WAS, AM, and ARE. JUMP, RUN, DRIVE, and WRITE are a few action words. A verb of occurrence states that something exists. Several examples are [...]

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