Comment and viewpoint adverbs
Adverbs (副词) - background (表达背景)
Adverbs are often used to give more information about verbs. In other words, adverbs often tell us how things happen.
Examples:
He swims fast. How does he swim? -fast
She sings beautifully. How does she sing? -beautifully
I opened the door wide. How did I open the door? -wide
She quickly finished her dinner. How did she finish? –quickly
Comment & viewpoint adverbs (表达评论及观点的副词)
Comment and viewpoint adverbs add information about the speaker's opinion of events. They do not usually give information about how something happened. Comment & viewpoint adverbs often modify the complete sentence, not just the verb.
Compare these sentences:
1. She started singing happily. (adverb of manner)
2. Happily, she started singing. (comment adverb)
In sentence 1, the adverb - happily - gives more information about how she was singing. In sentence 2, the adverb - happily -gives the speaker's comment/opinion of the event. In this case, the speaker thinks that her starting to sing was a happy event.
Comment and viewpoint adverbs - position (表达评论及观点的副词 - 句中的位置)
Comment adverbs usually go at the beginning of a sentence or clause. They can also be placed after the subject, or at the end of the sentence/clause.
Clearly, Paul had no idea what he was doing.
Paul had no idea what he was doing, clearly.
Paul clearly had no idea what he was doing.
When the commentadverb is placed after the subject, commas are often used around the adverb:
Paul, clearly, had no idea what he was doing.
Common comment & viewpoint adverbs (常用的表达评论及观点的副词)
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n.背景；经历；幕后 (初中英语单词)
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