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ADVERBS USED AS ADJECTIVES


169. By a convenient brevity, adverbs are sometimes used as

adjectives; as, instead of saying, "the one who was then king," in

which _then_ is an adverb, we may say "the _then_ king," making _then_

an adjective. Other instances are,--


My _then_ favorite, in prose, Richard Hooker.--RUSKIN.


Our _sometime_ sister, now our queen.--SHAKESPEARE


Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, the _then_ and _still_ owners.

--TROLLOPE.


The _seldom_ use of it.--TRENCH.


For thy stomach's sake, and thine _often_ infirmities.--_Bible._




HOW TO PARSE ADJECTIVES



[Sidenote: _What to tell in parsing._]


170. Since adjectives have no gender, person, or case, and very few

have number, the method of parsing is simple.


In parsing an adjective, tell--


(1) The class and subclass to which it belongs.


(2) Its number, if it has number.


(3) Its degree of comparison, if it can be compared.


(4) What word or words it modifies.



MODEL FOR PARSING


These truths are not unfamiliar to your thoughts.


_These_ points out _what_ truths, therefore demonstrative; plural

number, having a singular, _this_; cannot be compared; modifies the

word _truths_.


_Unfamiliar_ describes _truths_, therefore descriptive; not inflected

for number; compared by prefixing _more_ and _most_; positive degree;

modifies _truths_.






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