Sentence Adverbs

Sentence adverbs adalah kata atau frase adverbia yang dipakai untuk memberi pernyataan tentang situasi yang digambarkan dalam suatu kalimat, misalnya kata:certainly, perhaps, luckily, of course, unfortunately, clearly, etc.

Adverbia ini dapat diletakkan di awal, tengah, atau di akhir kalimat. Adakalanya koma digunakan setelah atau sebelum adverbia, terutama yang terletak di awal dan akhir kalimat.
Contoh:
- Clearly, this will cost a lot more than we realized.- Fortunately, the weather stayed fine. 
- Maybe you'll win a free holiday.
- We'll probably have to queue for tickets. 
- Rachel was late, of course. 

Dalam kalimat negatif, probably dan certainly digunakan sebelum will not, did not, etc.
Contoh:
- We probably won't get there in time. 
- I certainly didn't expect a present!

Beberapa sentence adverbs berfungsi menghubungkan antar kalimat, misal: however, accordingly, consequently, hence, moreover, similarly, dan therefore.
Contoh:
- Some of the laws were contradictory. Accordingly, measures were taken to clarify them.
- England played well in the first half. However, in the second half their weaknesses were revealed. 
- The cost of transport is a major expense for an industry. Hence factory location is an important consideration.