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Adverbs of indefinite frequency say in an indefinite way how often something happens.
e.g. I regularly do pranayama.
Adverbs of indefinite frequency are: usually, normally, regularly, occasionally, never, often, always, seldom, etc.
Adverbs of definite frequency are those that say definitely as to how often something happens.
e.g. Our family attends mass in the church every week.
There’s another class of adverbs called degree adverbs. In the questionnaire in B we use the adverbs never, rarely, sometimes, often and always for assessing the degree of frequency, if required, by assigning values to them in terms of numbers, (as given above) for some research purposes.
Another class of degree adverbs are very, too, extremely, quite, etc., which can be used before adjectives, verbs or other adverbs.
e.g. 1. The students are sad to hear about the fire accident in a school.
How sad are they?
They are extremely sad.
e.g. 2. Geetha will get a state rank in the public exam.
Are you sure?
I am quite sure.
Adverbs of indefinite frequency say in an indefinite way how often something happens.
e.g. I regularly do pranayama.
Adverbs of indefinite frequency are: usually, normally, regularly, occasionally, never, often, always, seldom, etc.
Adverbs of definite frequency are those that say definitely as to how often something happens.
e.g. Our family attends mass in the church every week.
There’s another class of adverbs called degree adverbs. In the questionnaire in B we use the adverbs never, rarely, sometimes, often and always for assessing the degree of frequency, if required, by assigning values to them in terms of numbers, (as given above) for some research purposes.
Another class of degree adverbs are very, too, extremely, quite, etc., which can be used before adjectives, verbs or other adverbs.
e.g. 1. The students are sad to hear about the fire accident in a school.
How sad are they?
They are extremely sad.
e.g. 2. Geetha will get a state rank in the public exam.
Are you sure?
I am quite sure.
