Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...adverbs exactly like adjectives. These are: fait, hard, right (in "Right Reverend "), far, HI, late, early, loud, high. (iii) Compounds of an Adjective and a Preposition: on high, in vain, in short, at large, of late, etc. c. Adverbs derived from Pronouns come from the pronominal stems: who, the (or this), and he. The following is a table, and it is important to note the beautiful correspondences: --(i) How and why are two forms of the same word--the instrumental case of who. How=in what way? Why=with what reason? (ii) The, in the last column, is the adverbial the (A.S. thy) before a comparative. It is the instrumental or ablative case of that or thaet. "The more, the merrier " = by that more, by that merrier. That is, the measure of the increase in the number is the measure of the increase in the merriment. (iii) Thus is the instrumental case of this, and is = in this manner. d. Compound Adverbs are formed by adding together--(i) Noun and Noun, as lengthways, endways. (ii) Noun and Adjective, as--Always. Breast-high. Head-foremost. Meanwhile. Otherwise. Sometimes. (iii) Preposition and Noun, as Aboveboard, outside. (iv) Adverb and Preposition, as--Hereafter. Therein. Whereupon. PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES. 12. The Prefixes used in our language are of English, French, Latin, and Greek origin. (i) French is only a modified Latin. Hence French prefixes fall naturally under Latin prefixes, as the one is only a form of the other. 13. English Prefixes are divided into Inseparable and Separable. Inseparable Prefixes are those that have no meaning by themselves and cannot be used apart from another word. Separable Prefixes may be used and are used as independent words. 14. The following are the most important English Inseparable...
