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."