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I am quite capable of doing it, thank you. which word is the adverb.

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  1. 1. Some friends went downtown to see the latest movies. tell me is some a noun, pronoun, or adjective

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    posted by Roderick

  2. Keep in mind that not all adverbs end in -ly and not all words that end in -ly are adverbs.

    In that first sentence, "quite" is the adverb.

    In the second sentence, "some" is a pronoun form being used as an adjective -- a pronominal adjective, as it's called.

    http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
    Go into the Word & Sentence Level menu to see specifics on adverbs and adjectives.

    http://english-zone.com/index.php?ID=1
    One of the first sections here is the section on adjectives and adverbs.

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