{"id":1239,"date":"2016-04-26T17:51:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T17:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level1-english\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1239"},"modified":"2018-10-19T23:05:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:05:36","slug":"text-differences-between-adjectives-and-adverbs-4-4-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level1-english-gen\/chapter\/text-differences-between-adjectives-and-adverbs-4-4-2\/","title":{"raw":"Text: Differences between Adjectives and Adverbs","rendered":"Text: Differences between 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\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<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n\r\n<strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Some 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<\/div>\r\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2><div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1WpACZAfAyMfxbd18MIXkBEJv0OCFWj3xUCeZ1S12DdA\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a>","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>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<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Some 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<\/div>\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? 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