Today I'm going to touch on a few misused adjectives and adverbs. Before I give you examples, let's review. Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. Adverbs modify anything else—verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Basically, adverbs tell us how, when or where. Ex: The tall boy ran swiftly down the road. In this example, tall is an adjective. It describes the noun boy . S wiftly is an adverb. It modifies the verb ran — it tells us how he ran. (And don't give me grief about the -ly adverbs. LOL :P I'm not suggesting you use these often, just teaching you the rule.) Many words that function as adjectives can also function as adverbs. When using a word as an adverb, use the -ly form of the word . An exception to this would be the word fast . It doesn't have an -ly form. Ex: I took a quick shower . becomes: I showered quickly . Two modifiers I often see misused are good and well . The word good is an adjective, and the word well is an adverb. Use good ...