the verb (washing) is done to the subject so it is passive – Fashions even in academic writing! are changing. Traditionally, academic – – English tended to use the passive form frequently (mostly because it was felt to give a certain sense of detachment and objectivity). However, there are other ways of maintaining objectivity, and there is a marked swing these days towards greater use of the active. ALWAYS make sure that the sentences in your essays make sense! 1.5 Adverbs Adverbs and adjectives are often confused. An adjective tells you more about the noun. An adverb tells you more about the verb. An adverb describes how, when, or where something happened. For example: In English, many common adverbs take the form slowly, quickly, ‘-ly’ – meaningfully, etc. In fact, you can often form adverbs by taking an adjective and sticking on the end: so ‘-ly’ ‘beautiful’ (adjective) becomes ‘beautifully’ (adverb). BUT be careful: this always work. In the sentences and doesn’t above, ‘fast’ are independent forms. ‘here’ Many common adverbs have independent forms. Notoriously, the adjective the adverb ‘good’ takes ‘well’. So: Watch the difference between spoken and written English again. In spoken English, if someone is asked it is increasingly common for ‘how are you?’, them to answer Technically, this means ‘I’m good, thank you’. ‘I am a good because is an adjective not an adverb. The grammatically (person)’, ‘good’ correct answer is ‘I am well, thank you’.
the verb (washing) is done to the subject – so it is passive Fashions – even in academic writing! – are changing. Traditionally, academic English tended to use the passive form frequently (mostly because it was felt to give a certain sense of detachment and objectivity). However, there are other ways of maintaining objectivity, and there is a marked swing these days towards greater use of the active. ALWAYS make sure that the sentences in your essays make sense! 1.5 Adverbs Adverbs and adjectives are often confused. An adjective tells you more about the noun. An adverb tells you more about the verb. An adverb describes how, when, or where something happened. For example: In English, many common adverbs take the form ‘-ly’ – slowly, quickly, meaningfully, etc. In fact, you can often form adverbs by taking an adjective and sticking ‘-ly’ on the end: so ‘beautiful’ (adjective) becomes ‘beautifully’ (adverb). BUT be careful: this doesn’t always work. In the sentences above, ‘fast’ and ‘here’ are independent forms. Many common adverbs have independent forms. Notoriously, the adjective ‘good’ takes the adverb ‘well’. So: Watch the difference between spoken and written English again. In spoken English, if someone is asked ‘how are you?’, it is increasingly common for them to answer ‘I’m good, thank you’. Technically, this means ‘I am a good (person)’, because ‘good’ is an adjective not an adverb. The grammatically correct answer is ‘I am well, thank you’.
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