See how from far upon the eastern road
The star-led wizards haste with odors _sweet_!
The adjectives _a_, _an_ and _the_ always precede the noun. When the
noun is qualified by another adjective, these adjectives generally
precede it, but they stand between the following adjectives and the noun
to which they refer:—
1. Such; as, One cannot admire such _a_ man.
2. Many; as, Many _a_ poor man’s son would have lain still.
3. Both; as, Both _the_ boys came home.
4. All; as, All _the_ girls are in the room.
5. What; as, What _a_ trial it was.
The =relative= is always the first word in its clause, but when it is
governed by a preposition, the preposition generally precedes it; as, I
found the knife _which_ you lost. I know the person _to whom_ you refer.
The =adverbial modifier=, when a phrase, generally follows the verb, or
the object if the verb be transitive; as, James fell _into the lake_. He
found an apple _on the ground_.
The =adverbial modifier=, when a single word, generally follows an
intransitive verb, and either precedes a transitive verb, or follows its
object; as, This river flows _rapidly_. He did his work _well_.
When there are a number of adverbial modifiers in a sentence, they
should be distributed over the sentence; as, _At the request of my
father_, I _gladly_ left my studies, _to accompany him_.
An adverb may stand in any part of the sentence, but its meaning
generally varies with its position, hence the adverb should be placed as
near as possible to the word or words it modifies.