Many errors with adverbs are spelling errors:
It happened quiteaccidentally.
Not: …quite accidentaly.
Actually, I’ve been very busy.
Not:Actualy…
It’s not something that can be doneeasily.
Not: …that can be done easly.
They werehappilymarried for 20 years.
Not:They were happyly married…
The building wascompletelydestroyed.
Not: …completly destroyed.
I feltextremelyunhappy about it all.
Not:I felt extremly unhappy…
[end of a formal letter/email]
Yourssincerely, Mark Johnson
Not:Yours sincerly…
I amtrulysorry for what happened.
Not:I am truely sorry…
See also:
Adverbs: forms
Adverbs and adverb phrases indicating frequency don’t usually go after the verb phrase. They usually go in mid position:
Heusuallygoes to the park after school.
Not:He goes usually to the park after school.
Our next door neighbours sometimes come here for dinner. Wehardly evergo to theirs.
Not:We go hardly ever to theirs.
At the end of the day, do youoftencome home from work feeling tired?
Not: …do you come often home from work…
Adverbs and adverb phrases indicating time usually go in end position:
I’ll post the CDs to youtomorrow.
Not:I’ll post tomorrow the CDs to you.
I received your email about the meetinglate.
Not:I received late your email about the meeting.
We don’t often putalways, usually, never, etc. at the beginning of a sentence or clause:
She wasalwayscomparing herself to other people.
Not:Always she was comparing herself to other people.