That Casimir Markievicz exhibition (Diary, April 23rd) reminded me in passing how dependent the upper classes of these islands used to be on what grammarians call “degree adverbs”. Witness a ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Ah, the adverb train station. If you want to find out about adverbs, there is no better place. An adverb tells you ...