Here are some more examples of adverbial phrases and clauses that tells us when, where, how, and why. When A one-word adverb: The game will take place tomorrow. An adverbial phrase: The game will take place in the morning. (A phrase does not contain a subject and a verb.) An ...
Don't Use a Comma for an Adverbial at the Back of a Sentence When your adverbial is at the back, the tendency is to omit the comma. Look at these two examples: A band played in the park for 8 hours on Tuesday 4th July. (The adverbial phrase "on Tuesday 4th July" sets a time...
Growing up in a rural part of New England, ‘wicked‘ was a common staple of the local vocabulary. Not ‘wicked,’ mind you, as in the sense of ‘sinful’ or ‘evil.’ New Englanders convert this adjective to an adverb, creating a synonym for ‘very.’ Relevant examples include: That...