RULE XXIX.

Adverbs qualify verbs, participles, adjectives, and other adverbs; as, “A very good pen writes extremely well;” “By living temperately,” &c.

    NOTE 1.  Adverbs are generally set before adjectives or adverbs,
    after verbs, or between the auxiliary and the verb; as, “He made a
    very sensible discourse, and was attentively heard.”

2.  When the qualifying word which follows a verb, expresses quality, it must be an adjective, but when it expresses manner, an adverb should be used; as, “She looks cold; She looks coldly on him; He feels warm; He feels warmly the insult offered to him.”  If the verb to be can be substituted for the one employed, an adjective should follow, and not an adverb; as, “She looks [is] cold; The hay smells [is] sweet; The fields look [are] green; The apples taste [are] sour; The wind blows [is] fresh.”

3.  It is not strictly proper to apply the adverbs here, there, and where, to verbs signifying motion, instead of the adverbs hither, thither, whither; thus, “He came here [hither] hastily;” “They rode there [thither] in two hours;” “Where [whither] will he go?” But in familiar style, these constructions are so far sanctioned as sometimes to be admissible.

4.  The use of where, instead of in which, in constructions like the following, is hardly admissible:  “The immortal sages of ’76, formed a charter, where [in which] their rights are boldly asserted.”

5.  As the adverbs hence, thence, and whence, literally supply the place of a noun and preposition, there appears to be a solecism in employing a preposition in conjunction with them:  “From whence it follows;” “He came from thence since morning.”  Better, “whence it follows;” “He came thence.”  The following phrases are also exceptionable:  “The then ministry;” “The above argument;” “Ask me never so much dowry;” “Charm he never so wisely.”  Better, “The ministry of that time or period;” “The preceding argument;” “Ever so much dowry;” “Ever so wisely.”

FALSE SYNTAX.

    Note 1.  It cannot be impertinent or ridiculous therefore to
    remonstrate.

    He was pleasing not often, because he was vain.

    These things should be never separated.

    We may happily live, though our possessions are small.

RULE XXX.

Two negatives destroy one another, and are generally equivalent to an affirmative; as, “Such things are not uncommon;” i.e. they are common.