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E.g. He is coming tomorrow.
Adverbs of time may be subdivided as follows:
Of time present: now, yet, today, nowadays, presently, instantly, immediately, straightway, directly, forthwith.time past: already, just now, lately, recently, yesterday, formerly, anciently, once, since, till now, long ago.time to come: tomorrow, hereafter, henceforth, henceforward, by-and-by, soon, shortly.time relative: when, then, first, just, before, after, while, whilst , meanwhile, as, till, until, seasonably, betimes, early, late, whenever, afterward, afterwards, otherwhile, otherwhiles.time absolute: always, ever, never, aye, eternally, forever, perpetually, continually, incessantly, endlessly, evermore, everlastingly.time repeated: often, oft, again, occasionally, frequently, sometimes, seldom, rarely, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, annually, once, twice, thrice, or three times. Above this, we use only the phrases four times, five times, six times. Whether these ought to be reckoned adverbs, or not, is questionable: times, for repetitions, or instances, may be supposed a noun; but such phrases often appear to be used adverbially.
) adverbs of frequency: often, seldom, sometimes, always, hardly ever, never, constantly, occasionally, twice, three times, etc..g. He is always in time for meals.sometimes stay up all night.
) adverbs of place or direction: here, there, everywhere, downstairs, below, ashore, abroad, inside, outside, seaward (s), to and fro, backwards, where, etc..g. I looked for him everywhere.was all rather dark within.dog began to bark somewhere inside.use of somewhere, anywhere and nowhere in different kinds of sentences is similar to the use of the corresponding indefinite pronouns some, any and no.
) adverbs of manner: well, badly, fast, quickly, clearly, deeply, sincerely, willingly, sideways, somehow, how, etc..g. He speaks English well.played very badly in the match yesterday.of manner saying how an action is performed can freely occur with dynamic verbs, but not with stative verbs..g. He looked into the problem carefully.walked upstairs quietly.boy blushed violently.
) adverbs of degree or intensifiers: very, quite, extremely, somewhat, really, enough, too, pretty, so, rather, unusually, terribly, highly, perfectly, much, completely, nearly, etc..g. I quite agree with you.is very clever.did it quickly enough.of degree or intensifiers may be subdivided into three semantic groups :) emphasizers (emphasizing the truth of the communication): really, actually, clearly, definitely, indeed, plainly, simply, literally, fust, at all, etc..g. I really don t know what he wants.just can t understand it.haven't done it well at all.) Amplifiers (expressing a high degree): absolutely, altogether, completely, entirely, extremely, fully, perfectly, quite , thoroughly, utterly, very, much, badly, bitterly, deeply, (by) far, greatly, heartily, terribly, a great deal, etc. E.g. I thoroughly disapprove of his methodspletely ignored my request.needs a warm coat badly.) Downtoners (lowering the effect): quite, rather, enough, sufficiently, more or less, moderately, partly, slightly, somewhat, (a) little , a bit, barely, hardly, scarcely, almost, nearly, kind of, sort of, etc..g. I know him slightly.partly agree with you.almost believed him.
) focusing adverbs which can be of two kinds:
a) restrictive: alone, exactly, just, merely, only, precisely,
purely, simply, especially, etc. E.g. I am simply asking the time.father alone could help me at the time.
b) additive: again, also, either, equally, even, too, etc..g. He did not answer my letter again., Too, am very busy at the moment.
7) viewpoint adverbs: morally, politically, scientifically, economically, weatherwise, program-wise, etc. Such adverbs are understood to mean from a moral (political, scientific) point of view .. g. Geographically and linguistically, these islands are closer to the mainland than to the neighbouring islands. Economically, the project is bound to fail.
) attitudinal adverbs which express the speaker's comment on the content of what he is saying. Such adverbs can be of two kinds :) adverbs expressing a comment on the truth-value of what is being said, indicating the extent to which the speaker believes what he is saying is true: admittedly, certainly, decidedly, definitely, surely, undoubtedly , allegedly, doubtless, quite likely, maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably, presumably, supposedly, obviously, apparently, etc..g. Perhaps the public does not have much choice in the matter., He had very little reason to fear anyone.) Adverbs expressing some attitude towards what is being said: amazingly, curiously, fu...
