The innocuous little adverb was originally used to mean "in fact" - "That tree is actually a fir, not a pine." Or to express surprise or incredulity - "I actually won the lottery!" (Both examples from ...

NARRATOR: An 'adverbial' tells us more about what happened. So here, 'the man hammered the rock, 'carefully''. The adverbial tells us more about how you hammered the rock. Carefully. ROCK: He wasn't ...

Years ago, I wrote a column about “whom” and the dangers of using it wrong. What happened next remains one of the weirdest moments in my writing career. A reader sent an email to scold me, but not for ...

Dan in Burbank wrote to ask which of the following sentences is best: “The information soon will be available online.” “The information will soon be available online.” “The information will be ...

If you’ve had to homeschool any small people lately – or even if you’re just connected to some parents on social media – you’ve likely been confronted by the baffling phrase “fronted adverbial”.