Adverbs also follow a particular order. Unlike adjectives, very few adverbs have combinatorial possibility and these are the adverbs of place, time and manner.
When these three appear in a sentence, the adverb of manner comes first, followed by the adverb of place and time.
This can be given in formula as MPT.
Examples: The plumbers have been toiling hard(manner) on the job(place) all day(time)
He drove speedily (manner) to Lagos (place) at 9am (time).
To be continued…
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