Editing French grammar (section)

==Adverbs==
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As in English, [[adverb]]s in French are used to modify adjectives, other adverbs, verbs, or clauses. Most adverbs are derived from an adjective by adding the suffix {{lang|fr|-ment}}, usually to its feminine form ({{lang|fr|-ment}} is analogous to the English suffix ''-ly''): e.g. {{lang|fr|anciennement}} "anciently", "of old", "in olden times"; {{lang|fr|grandement}} "greatly"; {{lang|fr|lentement}} "slowly"; though there are some systematic deviations (e.g. {{lang|fr|patient}} → {{lang|fr|patiemment}} "patiently", {{lang|fr|malaisé}} → {{lang|fr|malaisément}} "uneasily"), some adverbs are derived irregularly ({{lang|fr|bon}} "good" → {{lang|fr|bien}} "well") and others do not derive from adjectives at all.

Adverbs themselves are generally invariable. An exception to this is the adverb {{lang|fr|tout}} "wholly, very" which agrees in gender and number with the adjective it modifies when it is in the feminine and begins with a consonant (e.g. {{lang|fr|tout petit}} "very small, m.s.", {{lang|fr|tous petits}} "very small, m.pl." but {{lang|fr|toute petite}} "very small, f.s.", {{lang|fr|toutes petites}} "very small, f.pl." — when beginning with a vowel however: {{lang|fr|tout entier, tout entiers, tout entière, tout entières}} "completely, as a whole" (with [[liaison (French)|liaison]])).