I went back to the mat and practiced yoga after a while. "A while" means a period of time that functions as a noun while ...

In such cases, rather than memorizing hard and fast rules, we should choose an adverb or adjective based on the meaning of the sentence. If the meaning focuses on the way the action was performed ...

Chaque', 'plusieurs', 'quelque' and 'tout' are examples of invariable indefinite adjectives. Adverbs in French Adverbs describe or modify verbs and adjectives, giving more information about where ...

Is there something unforgivably, infuriatingly obfuscatory about the unrestrained use of adjectives and adverbs? Many celebrated stylists think so. Crime writer Elmore Leonard, who died last week, ...

And because adverbs can modify adjectives, as in “fabulously wealthy,” compound adverbs do the same: “jaw-droppingly wealthy.” Nouns like “mock-up,” and verbs like “mass-produce ...

led to a discussion in the newsroom about the advice (from Strunk & White and others) to write with nouns and verbs, not adverbs and adjectives. The adjective that drew our attention was "bizarre." ...