3. 4. 5. He intends going .... the auction sale. We were .... much grieved .... notice his absence. 6. That firm is .. reckless in expenses. 7. .... They.... lost in that bank failure. 8. You will wait until it is .... late late.... buy advantage. 9. They would like IO. Those such scheme. men are .... honest engage in any .... Exercise 70 Good and well Good is usually an adjective*. Well is an adverb sometimes used as an adjective*. Write the following sentences, omitting the improper italicized words: I. Between you and me, that work was done good-well enough for anybody. 2. That man has not seen a good-well day for years. 3. I can never believe that the convict was a goodwell man. *Good is used as a noun in such expressions as, The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. Also, It is said that the good die young. *Well is often used as an adjective, meaning good health; as, very well, thank you. There is not a well person in the family. I am 4. This pen is so poor that I can't write good-well. 5. There is an old saying that the good-well die young. 6. How do you like this candy? Does it taste goodwell? 7. How do you feel today? Pretty good-well, thank you. 8. Don't you like these pictures? I think they are very good-well. 9. I think Fannie looks good-well in her black dress. Exercise 71 Real and very Real is an adjective of quality; very is an adverb of degree: I. I think your new hat is real-very pretty. 2. We were very much alarmed about the boy; he was real very sick. 3. Is that stone in your ring a real-very diamond? 4. Isn't it a real-very pleasant evening? lace. Clara's dress was trimmed with real-very point 6. The climate of Colorado is real-very healthful. 7. These paper chrysanthemums look real-very natural. 8. It was a real-very treat to listen to such a discourse. 9. Miss Jackson was real-very kind to excuse us from reciting in history today. IO. In this age of superficiality and deceit, it is encouraging now and then to see a real-very hero. II. We had a real-very pleasant time at the last meeting of the club. ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB Errors are very frequently made in choosing the word following a verb. The error most frequently made is in using an adverb of manner (the form ending in ly) where an adjective should be used. This can be avoided by noting carefully the following remarks: As the specific use of such words as badly, slowly, sadly, etc. (adverbs of manner), is to tell how an action is performed, they can be correctly used with action verbs only. The following are correct: The boys behaved very badly. They travel slowly. Slowly and sadly they laid him down. In each example the verb is active; that is, the subject is represented as doing something, and badly, slowly, sadly, tell how the action is performed. Let us remember, however, that some verbs do not express action, and therefore are not modified by adverbs of manner : Sugar tastes sweet. Sweet names a quality of the subject sugar. Sugar is a noun; the modifier of a noun must be an adjective. Tastes does not express an action, it simply asserts the relation between sugar and sweet. Sugar is not represented as doing something. To determine which to use in a sentence, slow or slowly, quick or quickly, prompt or promptly, etc., ask yourself these questions: Does the verb express action? Does the subject do something? Is the word in question used to tell how this action is performed? If so, use the adverb. Is the verb copulative? Does it merely assert the relation between the subject and the word in question? Does the word following the verb name a quality of the subject? If so, use the adjective. II. 12. The pain is near nearly gone. He stood idle-idly watching the men at work. 13. That horse behaves badly-bad. 14. We are very very much gratified at our success. 15. He was most-almost too young for so responsible a position. 16. He was too too much chagrined to attempt it again. 17. This is easier-more easily said than done. 18. I was that—so surprised that I could not speak. Exercise 73 Write the following sentences, omitting the improper italicized words: I. I can build a house easier-more easily than I can write an essay. 2. How strange-strangely it all seems! 3. After his misfortune, the poor boy looked wretchedwretchedly. 4. All these flowers smell very sweet-sweetly. 5. Doesn't Bertha look beautiful beautifully in her new gown? 6. The unkind words sounded harsh-harshly to him. 7. You do not write plain-plainly enough. 8. The minister looked good and noble-well and nobly. 9. My pen does not write good-well. IO. II. My head feels bad-badly this morning. You are doing your work very bad-badly. 12. The student answered prompt-promptly. 13. Does my new gown look good-well? 14. Please speak louder-more loudly. 15. The face of the old man looked positively awfulawfully. 16. The atmosphere seems fine-finely. 17. Talk as quiet-quietly as possible. 18. We arrived home safe and sound-safely and soundly. 19. All nature seems calm and peaceful-calmly and peacefully. 20. The old lady appeared sad and mournful—sadly and mournfully. 21. I am not well today; I feel sick-sickly. 22. The boy came back as quick-quickly as he could. 23. It seems to me that this work has been done goodwell enough for anybody. |