posted 05-09-2000 04:18 PM           

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lol. this is * really * embarrasing. but how do you tell between an adverb and adjective? Okay, so.. this is one of the questions in my book

I can see ( perfect, perfectly ) with out glasses the answer is perfectly.. now, how would i be able to tell if it's an adjective or adverb? people, help! i have a test on this tomorrow, ::: laughs :::

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posted 05-09-2000 04:23 PM            

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Ooh, just thought about something else that may help. Ask yourself what you're describing. For example, if your sentence said:

Her eyesight worked (perfect, perfectly).

You're asking how her eyesight *worked*. Because worked is a verb, you want to use perfectly (an adverb).

On the other hand, if you had something like this:

Her (perfect, perfectly) eyesight was flawless.

You're asking about her eyesight. Because eyesight is a noun, you chose the adjective, perfect.

Does that make sense?

posted 05-09-2000 04:24 PM            

adjectives describe nouns...

usually, adverbs has -ly on the end.

like... i run quickly. she typed quietly.

posted 05-09-2000 05:27 PM            

the quick brown fox

whereas adverbs modify verbs, as well as other adjectives.

the barely covered buttock wiggled profusely

i have my english literature ap exam tomorrow, and this is the best explanation i can come up with... heh

posted 05-09-2000 06:29 PM            

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posted 05-09-2000 08:33 PM            

good luck! Heh. I only have 2 APs to take this year: Calc (this Thurs) and Bio (next Wed).

posted 05-09-2000 10:23 PM            

Melissa - I took Spanish Language today, I have English Lit tomorrow, Calculus AB on Thursday and Physics C next week. Someone should have smacked me last year when I signed up for these classes and decided to take these exams.

Waldo - Calc as a junior, I'm still impressed My little brother just finished up his STAR testing the other day... but those are just your run of the mill standardized tests. Just wondering, but are you going to be taking the AP English Language exam? I thought that you take that during junior year (and I'm just assuming that you'd be in that class...)

posted 05-10-2000 06:11 AM            

i took my AP lit. one today (i'm in japan, so i guess it was 14 or more hours before you all in the states). i think i did pretty well (at least i hope so).

but man, the AP u.s. history test is another story. i took that last year, and only one person in our class passed. all we did in that class, though, is watch movies.

posted 05-10-2000 06:12 AM            

i took my AP lit. one today (i'm in japan, so i guess it was 14 or more hours before you all in the states). i think i did pretty well (at least i hope so).

but man, the AP u.s. history test is another story. i took that last year, and only one person in our class passed. all we did in that class, though, is watch movies.

posted 05-10-2000 11:57 AM            

i'm doomed for the psych test though. muah! that's next week tuesday. mmmmm i'm studying my lil butt off. hehe

posted 05-10-2000 04:29 PM            

Honestly? The English Lit AP today was *hard* essay-wise. The objective part was surprisingly easy, so I was feeling pretty cocky going into the essays. Open up the packet and read the essay questions, and wham - it hits you like a ton of bricks. All forty something of the kids I took the AP English Lit exam with today agreed that it was tough - I kind of scratched my way through the essays, writing about a page and a half for each one. I used Hamlet for question #3, by the way.

AP US History can be tough, I agree - I was one of three kids in my class who passed it last year, but that's only because I'm a total US History geek.