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Positive Comparative Superlative

beautifully more beautifully most beautifully

brightly more brightly most brightly

carefully more carefully most carefully

Noting the exceptions:

badly worse worst

little less least

much more most

well better best

As with the adjectives, the superlative can also be used for
emphasis.

He drovemost carefully.

The embroidery was donemost skilfully.

Placing the adverbs

Adverbs can be placed at the beginning of a sentence, in the
middle or at the end.

Carefully, he placed the box on the table.

He placed the boxcarefully on the table.

He placed the box on the tablecarefully.

The last one is not as good as the other two. The placing of
the adverb will depend on the sentence.

Avoiding errors

‘Hopefully’ is often used incorrectly to replace the verb.

Hopefully I shall pass my exams.

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