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Hello everyone,
I am utterly confused with this sentence: 'The scenery really was breathtakingly beautiful.'
Actually, Adverbs are supposed to be using to describe the verb and as intesitfier, but what;s the function of this adverb in this sentence??
Adverbs are also used to modify adjectives – as breathtakingly does here.
Note that a better title would have been 'breathtakingly beautiful'.
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Rover
I apologize, but I don't understand modify the adjective??
Yes, the adverb adds to the meaning of the adjective.Quote:
Originally Posted by saloom2
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An adverb is a word that changes or qualifies the meaning of a verb, adjective, other adverb, clause, sentence or any other word or phrase, except that it does not include the adjectives and determiners that directly modify nouns.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb