Part 2 this book includes these contents: All you need to know about descriptions and comparison, writing with style, the part of tens. Invite you to consult this book. | Part IV All You Need to Know about Descriptions and Comparisons L In this part . . . isten to a little kid and you hear language at its most basic: Tommy want apple. Mommy go store? No nap! These “sentences” — nouns and verbs and little else — communicate effectively, but everyone who’s passed the sandbox stage needs a bit more. Enter descriptions and comparisons. Also enter complications, because quite a few common errors are associated with these elements. In this part you can practice your navigation skills, steering around such pitfalls as the choice between adjectives, adverbs, and articles. (Sweet or sweetly? Good or well? A or an? Chapter 14 explains all.) This part also tackles the placement of descriptions (Chapter 15) and the proper way to form comparisons (Chapters 16 and 17). Mastering all these topics lifts you out of the sandbox and places you permanently on the highest grammatical levels. Chapter 14 Writing Good or Well: Adjectives and Adverbs In This Chapter 䊳 Choosing between adjectives and adverbs 䊳 Managing tricky pairs: good/well and bad/badly 䊳 Selecting a, an, or the D o you write good or well — and what’s the difference? Does your snack break feature a apple or an apple or even the apple? If you’re stewing over these questions, you have problems . . . specifically, the problems in this chapter. Here you can practice choosing between two types of descriptions, adjectives and adverbs. This chapter also helps you figure out whether a, an, or the is appropriate in any given situation. Distinguishing Between Adjectives and Adverbs In your writing or speaking, of course, you don’t need to stick labels on adjectives and adverbs. But you do need to send the right word to the right place in order to get the job done, the job being to communicate your meaning to the reader or listener. (You also need to punctuate strings of adjectives and adverbs correctly. For help with that topic, check out Chapter 5.) A few wonderful words (fast, short, .
