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The Williams sisters play tennis remarkable well. How quick time passes when youre having fun! The applicants felt very badly about missing the first phase of the interview. These encounters make me feel real awkward. Yes, we sure do serve nonalcoholic beverages.
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CORRECTIONS
The Williams sisters play tennis remarkably well. How quickly time passes when youre having fun! The applicants felt very bad about missing the first phase of the interview. These encounters make me feel really awkward. Yes, we surely do serve nonalcoholic beverages.
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ADJECTIVE USE
Be-verbs MNEMONIC DEVICE FOR Be-Verbs Mr. Isamarewaswere is are were being am was been Sense Verbs look feel taste smell sound Linking Verbs become remain appear seem
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Some verbs that are not sense verbs have the meaning of is or are and therefore require adjectives.
High school and college seem [are] very different. High school and college students behave differently. The judge remained [was] silent throughout the trial. The jurors entered the courtroom silently.
ADVERB USE
Most adverbs are formed with the addition of the ly suffix to an existing adjective: cautiously surprisingly usually safely inadvertently quietly Use ADVERBS to qualify and modify and intensify: You play pinochle well. You play pinochle remarkably well.
ADVERB USE
Your friendship is generously given happily accepted deeply appreciated
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Although I never did good in spelling bees, I have always considered myself a decent speller. I did really well on The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words quiz; I missed only one word misspell.
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Good is an adjective: You look good in blue. You wear it well. Well is an adverb: He gets along well with his coworkers. Well is also an adjective when it is used to refer to health: I am not well today. You look good, and you look well too.
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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. My high school teachers were real really [or very] strict.
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Use real preceding nouns; use really preceding adjectives (very, however, is a more formal adverb than really.)
real excitement a real disadvantage a real friend a real honor a real difference a real crisis a real surprise real love
really exciting
real disadvantageous really friendly really honorable
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INCORRECT: The city council sure (certain) is making a number of decisions this year. CORRECT: The city council surely
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Tips! We sure do thank you. SPEAKER 1: Are you open Monday? SPEAKER 2: We sure are.
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Tips! We sure do thank you. SPEAKER 1: Are you open Monday? SPEAKER 2: We sure are. [Both sentences are incorrect. Since surely would sound stuffy here, try certainly.]
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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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LETS PRACTICE!!!
Our instructor 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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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
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