3 Basic grammar for English for science
3.1 Adverbs
Adverbs are words that modify the meaning of another word or even a whole sentence. They do this by providing an answer to such questions as ‘How?’, ‘To what extent?’, ‘Where?’, ‘When?’, ‘How often?’, and ‘In what manner?’.
A slightly non-planar crack is treated as being perturbed from perfectly planar reference crack. To what extent…?
The perturbation method we develop here applies to any crack geometries. Where…?
Finally, the normalised dynamic stress intensity factors are presented in Figs.10 and 11. When…?
Independently, using the same class as for material 1, we apply a different linear combination of all the nuclei of strain at the object point of material 2. In what manner…?
Which other words can adverbs modify?
They can modify:
Verbs
Magnesium is a metal which burns brightly. Adjectives
This results in very large systems of equations due to the need to extend the discretisation well away from the zone of interest. Other adverbs
This results in very large systems of equations due to the need to extend the discretisation well away from the zone of interest. A whole sentence
Conversely, when the second material is softer than the one containing the fracture, it attracts the fracture towards the interface in the same manner the stiffer material drove it away.