Tuesday, June 8, 2010

word order-부사의 위치

Adverbs are not just words that end with "-ly." Anything that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb is an adverb. It does so by giving information about place, time, manner, cause, purpose, means , certainty, purpose etc. Therefore, words like here/there/fast are also adverbs, even if they don't end with "-ly."

There are so many different rules about where to put the adverb, and most of you do it just fine intuitively. But many students seem to be confused about word order when the verb is followed by more than one adverb. In this case, the correct order is "manner+place+frequency+time+purpose." For example, you should say "my friend studies hard in her room everyday after dinner to ace the final exam." If you break down the sentence, you can see what each element stands for.
  • My friend: subject
  • studies: verb
  • hard: manner
  • in her room: place
  • everyday: frequency
  • after dinner: time
  • to ace the final exam: purpose