Jaggers
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Been years since I studied grammar but adverbs are supposed to be words which qualify verbs eg
"slowly" is an adverb and in this sentence it qualifies the verb "walked" - "I walked slowly"
But why are words like "rather", "somewhat", "quite" regarded as adverbs
eg "I am somewhat happy"
Is it because the "somewhat" qualified the verb "am"?
"slowly" is an adverb and in this sentence it qualifies the verb "walked" - "I walked slowly"
But why are words like "rather", "somewhat", "quite" regarded as adverbs
eg "I am somewhat happy"
Is it because the "somewhat" qualified the verb "am"?