In my "book," I call them "when words" that can be used to communicate - guess what? - when information! Geoff >In his book Analyzing English Grammar, Klammer labels "always," >"sometimes," >"never," etc. qualifiers, I think. >I believe he points out that one of the tests of an adverb is whether "one" >can put very or another intensifier in front of it. He uses frame >sentences >as a way to identify a word as/check whether a word actually is a noun, >verb, adjective, or adverb. To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/