February 2014
Beginner
352 pages
6h 29m
English
CHAPTER7
Describing Words: Adjectives and Adverbs
In This Chapter
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Nouns and verbs do the heavy lifting of language, but there’s more to language than heavy lifting. If there were nothing but nouns and verbs, we’d all sound a little like a toddler or the Hulk. You can only say so much with sentences such as “Want toy!” and “Hulk smash!”
That’s where adjectives and adverbs come in. These words modify other words, adding color, detail, and vibrancy to people, ...