Question

(ii) Avoid adverbs :
Adverbs clutter up your copy. You can usually live without them. Here
are some examples.
(a) “That's usually a good thing to do."
(b) “That's fairly good coffee."
(c) “I totally agree."
(d) “Actually, I disagree.”
Just delete all those italicized words and rewrite.​

Answer 1

Avoid adverbs :

Adverbs clutter up your copy. You can usually live without them. Just delete all those italicized words and rewrite.​

(a) “That's usually a good thing to do."

• That's a good thing to do.

(b) “That's fairly good coffee."

• That's good coffee.

(c) “I totally agree."

• 'I agree.'

(d) “Actually, I disagree.”

• 'I disagree.'

Adverbs:

• There are eight parts of speech in which ''adverb'' is one of them.

• The eight parts of speech are: Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection.

• An adverb describes the verb or adjective. Often Adverb words are end with ''ly'' such as slowly, quickly, safely, beautifully, etc.