_Adverbs qualify verbs, participles, adjectives, and other
adverbs_.
_Not_ is an adverb, a word used to modify the sense of an adverb--of
negation, it makes the assertion negative; that is, it changes the
proposition from an affirmative to a negative--and it qualifies the
adverb "very," agreeably to Rule 29. _Adverbs qualify verbs, &c_.
_Very_ is an adverb, a word used to qualify the sense of an
adjective--of comparison, it compares the adjective "good," and
qualifies it according to Rule 29. _Adverbs qualify adjectives, &c_.
EXERCISES IN PARSING.
The traveller described a lofty castle decaying _gradually. Very_ few
literary men _ever_ became distinguished poets. The great Milton excels
_not_ Homer. The Roman women, _once voluntarily_ contributed their
_most_ precious jewels to save the city.
Many small streams uniting, form _very_ large rivers. The river Funza
falling _perpendicularly_ forms a vast cataract. Attentive servants
_always_ drive horses _very carefully_; negligent servants _often_ drive
horses _very carelessly_. Assiduous scholars improve _very fast_; idle
scholars learn _none at all_.
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