003, MPT adverbs

MPT adverbs

1. M- adverbs are Manner adverbs; e.g. 'well'.
2. P- adverbs are Place adverbs; e.g. 'here', 'in Chicago'.
3. T- adverbs are Time adverbs; e.g. 'yesterday'.

4. English is a syntactic language; means: word order dependent language.
5. Change of word order may change meaning.

6. The order of adverbs in a sentence influences the meaning.

7. Experience has taught that the following order of adverbs does good work.

MPT order i.e manner-place-time order.

8. E.g.: Milton wrote profusely and meticulously, in England, from 1630 to 1640.

Parsing
Milton- subject.
wrote-verb.
profusely- manner adverb1.
meticulously- manner adverb2.
in England- place adverb.
from 1630 - time adverb1.
to 1640 - time adverb2.

001 MANNER-ADVERBIAL-PHRASES

1. Phrases are group of words.
2. We can use phrases as adverbs.
3. Phrases which are used as adverbs, are adverbial phrases.

4. Adverbs can describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
5. Adverbs which describe the manner of the 'action' of the verbs, are 'Manner
-adverbs'.
6. Adverbial phrases which describe the manner of the action of the verbs, are
'Manner-adverbial-phrases'.
7. We can use manner adverbs, and manner-adverbial-phrases, to describe adjectives and other adverbs also. These are less common.

The selection box below contains some manner-adverbial-phrases.

Selection Box
in a prefactory manner
in a rage
in soft tones
in such a manner
in thousand ways
in what manner
sailing over the Missisipi river
with every sentiment
without reasons
without seeming to dictate
with one stone

QUESTION Box
1. The Chairman spoke ___ .
2. ____ a lover makes himself acceptable to his beloved, has been an unsolved question for centuries.
3. A democratic administrator has to execute his policies ___ that he does not hurt public sentiments.
4. This maniac is affected ___ in the world.
5. Kill two birds ____ .
6. A sweet temper can control ____ .
7. Only fools lounge at street corners ____ .
8. The crowd rampaged ____ .
9. Villains can speak ___ .
10. Scams can take place in ___ .
11. The ship sank ____.

ANSWERS

We use a large number of manner-adverbial-phrases in our day-to-day conversations and communications, unconsciously, like an experienced byker who does not worry about balancing the handle bar and regulating the throttle.

This post is just a refresher.

047 TIME-ADVERBIAL-PHRASES

1. Phrase is a group of words.
2. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
3. We can use phrases as adverbs; such phrases, we call as adverbial phrases.
4. The selection box below shows some examples of phrases culled from proverbs.
5. Users, normally place the time-adverbial-phrases, at the end of a sentence.
6. We can locate time-adverbial-phrases at other places also, provided an awkward joining does not result or the sentence does not get an ambiguous meaning.
7. A time-adverbial clause has a subject + verb. A time-adverbial-phrase does not have.


Fill up the blanks, selecting appropriate words from the Choice Box.

SELECTION BOX:
at all times, at five, at last, before he was born, before very long, in a day, in three days, in those days, just now, once upon a time.

QUESTION BOX: *
1* Mr. Putin was President of Russia, ____ . ANSWER .

2* Politicians forget their promises ____ . ANSWER .

3* I have switched on the TV ___. ANSWER .

4* Rome was not built____y ANSWER .

5*Swine Flu was not known ____ ANSWER .

6* He that will thrive, must rise____e ANSWER .

7* No man is wise____ ANSWER .

8* The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken____ ANSWER .

9* Fish and company stink____ ANSWER .

10* He who pleased everybody died____ ANSWER .