{"id":1087,"date":"2016-06-28T19:06:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T19:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1087"},"modified":"2017-07-14T18:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T18:16:21","slug":"text-comparing-adjectives-and-adverbs","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/chapter\/text-comparing-adjectives-and-adverbs\/","title":{"raw":"Comparing Adjectives and Adverbs","rendered":"Comparing Adjectives and Adverbs"},"content":{"raw":"As we've learned, adjectives and adverbs act in similar but different roles. A lot of the time this difference can be seen in the structure of the words:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>A <b>clever<\/b> new idea.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A <b>cleverly<\/b> developed idea.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<em>Clever<\/em> is an adjective, and\u00a0<em>cleverly<\/em> is an adverb. This adjective +\u00a0<em>ly<\/em> construction is a short-cut to identifying adverbs.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/_5ehfoEJwLg\r\n\r\nWhile -<em>ly<\/em> is helpful, it's not a universal rule.\u00a0Not all words that end in\u00a0-<em>ly<\/em> are adverbs: <em>lovely<\/em>, <em>costly<\/em>, <em>friendly, <\/em>etc. Additionally,\u00a0not all adverbs end in <em>-ly<\/em>:\u00a0<i>here, there, together, yesterday, aboard, very,<\/i><i>\u00a0almost<\/i>, etc.\r\n\r\nSome words can function both as\u00a0an adjective and as and adverb:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>Fast<\/em> is an adjective in \"a <b>fast<\/b> car\" (where it qualifies the noun <i>car<\/i>), but an adverb in \"he drove fast\" (where it modifies the verb <i>drove<\/i>).<\/li>\r\n \t<li><em>Likely<\/em> is an adjective in \"a likely outcome\" (where it modifies the noun\u00a0<em>outcome<\/em>), but an adverb in \"we will likely go\" (where it modifies the verb\u00a0<em>go<\/em>).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Mistaking Adverbs and Adjectives<\/h2>\r\nOne\u00a0common mistake with adjectives and adverbs is using\u00a0one in the place of the other. For example:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>I wish I could write as neat as he can.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The word should be\u00a0<em>neatly<\/em>, an adverb, since it's modifying a verb.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Well, that's real nice of you.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Should be\u00a0<em>really<\/em>, an adverb, since it's modifying an adjective<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nRemember, if you're modifying a noun or pronoun, you should use\u00a0an adjective. If you're modifying anything else, you should use an adverb.\r\n<h3><em>Good v. Well<\/em><\/h3>\r\nOne of the most commonly confused adjective\/adverb pairs is <em>good<\/em> versus\u00a0<em>well<\/em>. There isn't really a good way to remember this besides memorization.\u00a0<em>Good<\/em> is an adjective.\u00a0<em>Well<\/em> is an adverb. Let's look at a couple of sentence where people often confuse these two:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>She plays basketball good.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I'm doing good.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIn the first\u00a0sentence<em>\u00a0good<\/em>\u00a0is supposed to be modifying\u00a0<em>plays,<\/em> a verb; therefore the use of <em>good<\/em>\u2014an adjective\u2014is incorrect. <em>Plays<\/em>\u00a0should be modified by an adverb. The correct sentence would read \"She plays basketball well.\"\r\n\r\nIn the second\u00a0sentence, <em>good<\/em> is supposed to be modifying\u00a0<em>doing<\/em>, a verb. Once again, this means that\u00a0<em>well<\/em>\u2014an adverb\u2014should be used instead: \"I'm doing well.\"\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> The sentence \"I'm doing good\" can be grammatically correct, but only when it means \"I'm doing good things,\" rather than when it is describing how a person is feeling.<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1586 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/07\/20193003\/4206572027_798a1277cf_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Men in hard hats and volunteer tee shirts raising a wall frame for a house\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Practice<\/h3>\r\nSelect the correct modifier for\u00a0each sentence. Identify whether each modifier is an adjective or an adjective. Type your sentences in the text frame below:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Billy has to work\u00a0(real \/ really) hard to be (healthy \/ healthily).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Kate is really (good \/ well) with bows. She shoots really (good \/ well).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Eli reads (quick \/ quickly), and he retains the information (good \/ well).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"483134\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"483134\"]\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Billy has to work\u00a0<strong>really<\/strong>\u00a0hard to be <strong>healthy<\/strong>.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>Really<\/em> modifies the adjective\u00a0<em>hard<\/em>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Remember that\u00a0<em>to be<\/em> is a linking verb. Linking verbs often connect the subject of the sentence (Billy) to an adjective that describes it (<em>healthy<\/em>).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Kate is really <strong>good<\/strong> with bows. She shoots really <strong>well<\/strong>.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>Good<\/em> is\u00a0an adjective. The linking verb\u00a0<em>good<\/em> connects it to the noun Kate.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><em>Well<\/em> is an adverb that modifies the verb\u00a0<em>shoots<\/em>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Eli reads <strong>quickly<\/strong>, and he retains the information <strong>well<\/strong>.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>Quickly<\/em> is an adverb that modifies the verb\u00a0<em>reads<\/em>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><em>Well<\/em> is an adverb that modifies the verb\u00a0<em>retains<\/em>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>As we&#8217;ve learned, adjectives and adverbs act in similar but different roles. A lot of the time this difference can be seen in the structure of the words:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <b>clever<\/b> new idea.<\/li>\n<li>A <b>cleverly<\/b> developed idea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Clever<\/em> is an adjective, and\u00a0<em>cleverly<\/em> is an adverb. This adjective +\u00a0<em>ly<\/em> construction is a short-cut to identifying adverbs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"The Electric Company   LY\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_5ehfoEJwLg?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While &#8211;<em>ly<\/em> is helpful, it&#8217;s not a universal rule.\u00a0Not all words that end in\u00a0&#8211;<em>ly<\/em> are adverbs: <em>lovely<\/em>, <em>costly<\/em>, <em>friendly, <\/em>etc. Additionally,\u00a0not all adverbs end in <em>-ly<\/em>:\u00a0<i>here, there, together, yesterday, aboard, very,<\/i><i>\u00a0almost<\/i>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Some words can function both as\u00a0an adjective and as and adverb:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fast<\/em> is an adjective in &#8220;a <b>fast<\/b> car&#8221; (where it qualifies the noun <i>car<\/i>), but an adverb in &#8220;he drove fast&#8221; (where it modifies the verb <i>drove<\/i>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Likely<\/em> is an adjective in &#8220;a likely outcome&#8221; (where it modifies the noun\u00a0<em>outcome<\/em>), but an adverb in &#8220;we will likely go&#8221; (where it modifies the verb\u00a0<em>go<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mistaking Adverbs and Adjectives<\/h2>\n<p>One\u00a0common mistake with adjectives and adverbs is using\u00a0one in the place of the other. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I wish I could write as neat as he can.\n<ul>\n<li>The word should be\u00a0<em>neatly<\/em>, an adverb, since it&#8217;s modifying a verb.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Well, that&#8217;s real nice of you.\n<ul>\n<li>Should be\u00a0<em>really<\/em>, an adverb, since it&#8217;s modifying an adjective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember, if you&#8217;re modifying a noun or pronoun, you should use\u00a0an adjective. If you&#8217;re modifying anything else, you should use an adverb.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Good v. Well<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>One of the most commonly confused adjective\/adverb pairs is <em>good<\/em> versus\u00a0<em>well<\/em>. There isn&#8217;t really a good way to remember this besides memorization.\u00a0<em>Good<\/em> is an adjective.\u00a0<em>Well<\/em> is an adverb. Let&#8217;s look at a couple of sentence where people often confuse these two:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She plays basketball good.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m doing good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the first\u00a0sentence<em>\u00a0good<\/em>\u00a0is supposed to be modifying\u00a0<em>plays,<\/em> a verb; therefore the use of <em>good<\/em>\u2014an adjective\u2014is incorrect. <em>Plays<\/em>\u00a0should be modified by an adverb. The correct sentence would read &#8220;She plays basketball well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the second\u00a0sentence, <em>good<\/em> is supposed to be modifying\u00a0<em>doing<\/em>, a verb. Once again, this means that\u00a0<em>well<\/em>\u2014an adverb\u2014should be used instead: &#8220;I&#8217;m doing well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> The sentence &#8220;I&#8217;m doing good&#8221; can be grammatically correct, but only when it means &#8220;I&#8217;m doing good things,&#8221; rather than when it is describing how a person is feeling.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1586 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/07\/20193003\/4206572027_798a1277cf_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Men in hard hats and volunteer tee shirts raising a wall frame for a house\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Practice<\/h3>\n<p>Select the correct modifier for\u00a0each sentence. Identify whether each modifier is an adjective or an adjective. Type your sentences in the text frame below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Billy has to work\u00a0(real \/ really) hard to be (healthy \/ healthily).<\/li>\n<li>Kate is really (good \/ well) with bows. She shoots really (good \/ well).<\/li>\n<li>Eli reads (quick \/ quickly), and he retains the information (good \/ well).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q483134\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q483134\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Billy has to work\u00a0<strong>really<\/strong>\u00a0hard to be <strong>healthy<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><em>Really<\/em> modifies the adjective\u00a0<em>hard<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Remember that\u00a0<em>to be<\/em> is a linking verb. Linking verbs often connect the subject of the sentence (Billy) to an adjective that describes it (<em>healthy<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kate is really <strong>good<\/strong> with bows. She shoots really <strong>well<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><em>Good<\/em> is\u00a0an adjective. The linking verb\u00a0<em>good<\/em> connects it to the noun Kate.<\/li>\n<li><em>Well<\/em> is an adverb that modifies the verb\u00a0<em>shoots<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Eli reads <strong>quickly<\/strong>, and he retains the information <strong>well<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><em>Quickly<\/em> is an adverb that modifies the verb\u00a0<em>reads<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Well<\/em> is an adverb that modifies the verb\u00a0<em>retains<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1087\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Revision Adaptation of Wikipedia Content. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Practice Exercise. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Adjective. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Wikipedia. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adjective\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adjective<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Adverb. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Wikipedia. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adverb\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adverb<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Image of volunteers. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Sandia Labs. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7pHMiV\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/7pHMiV<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-ND: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives <\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>The Electric Company - 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