Sit quietly!
| modifying a verb (sit) |
Claire was rather quiet.
| modifying an adjective (quiet) |
That week seemed to go by incredibly slowly.
| modifying another adverb (slowly) |
It takes quite a lot of courage to jump from a plane.
| modifying a noun phrase (a lot of courage) |
I’m going for a run later so I don’t want to eat anything now.
| modifying the whole clause (I’m going for a run) |
Personally, I don’t like the plans.
| modifying the whole sentence (I don’t like the plans). It gives the speaker’s attitude. We often use commas with the adverb when it modifies the whole sentence. |