English Grammar--Adverb Clauses

We shall start this article by defining an adverb. What is an adverb? An adverb is a part of speech that modifies a verb, an adjective and another adverb. For example, 'The Tempters manifest Becket's former desires whose enticements to the wrong thing are quickly dismissed ,leaving Becket to face his real struggle which is the temptation to do the right thing for thr wrong reason..Here 'quickly' is an adverb modifying the verb 'dismissed'. Again in the sentence , 'The man is very strong', 'very' is an adverb modifying the predicative adjective 'strong'.It is so called because it is a part of the predicate. Thirdly, an adverb modifies another adverb for example , 'He ran so fast that he fell down'. Here 'so' is an adverb modifying another adverb 'fast'.

Adverb clauses are introduced by such words as 'when,where, since, though, although, after, so, till, and until'. Examples of adverb clauses are: When oil prices soar, the masses suffer. They refused to go until they were paid their full salaries.The strike was called off when the government agreed to meet the demands of the striking workers. For more on grammatical functions, consult the author at this email....amekepaul@yahoo.com