er_ or _whate'er_, the word _ever_ or _e'er_, which
formerly stood separate, appears to be an adjective, rather than an adverb;
though, by becoming part of the pronoun, it has now technically ceased to
be either.

OBS. 25.--The same may be said of _soever_ or _soe'er_, which is considered
as only a part of an other word even when it is written separately; as, "On
_which_ side _soever_ I cast my eyes." In Mark, iii, 28th,
_wherewithsoever_ is commonly printed as two words; but Alger, in his
Pronouncing Bible, more properly makes it one. Dr. Webster, in his
grammars, calls _soever_ a WORD; but, in his dictionaries, he does not
_define_ it as such. "The word _soever_ may be interposed between the
attribute and the name; 'how clear soever this idea of infinity,'--'how
remote soever it may seem.'--LOCKE."--_Webster's Philosophical Gram._, p.
154; _Improved Gram._, p. 107. "SOEVER, _so_ and _ever_, found in
compounds, as in _whosoever, whatsoever, wheresoever_. See these
words."--_Webster's Dict._, 8vo.

OBS. 26.--The word _only_, (i.e., _onely_, or _onelike_,) when it relates
to a noun or a pronoun, is a definitive adjective, meaning _single, alone,
exclusive of others_; as, "The _only_ man,"--"The _only_ men,"--"Man
_only_,"--"Men _only_,"--"He _only_,"--"They _only_." When it relates to a
verb or a participle, it is an adverb of manner, and means _simply, singly,
merely, barely_; as, "We fancy that we hate flattery, when we _only_ hate
the manner of it."--_Art of Thinking_, p. 38. "A disinterested love of
one's country can _only_ subsist in small republics."--_Ib._, p. 56. When
it stands at the head of a clause, it is commonly a connective word,
equivalent to _but_, or _except that_; in which sense, it must be called a
conjunction, or at least a conjunctive adverb, which is nearly the same
thing; as, "_Only_ they would that we should remember the poor."--_Gal._,
ii, 10. "For these signs are prepositions, _only_ they are of more constant
use than the rest."--_Ward's Gram._, p. 129.

OBS. 27.--Among our grammarians, the word "_only_" often passes for an
adverb, when it is in fact an adjective. Such a mistake in this single
word, has led Churchill to say of the adverb in general, "_It's_ place is
for the most part before adjectives, _after nouns_, and after verbs;"
&c.--_New Gram._, p. 147. But, properly, the placing of adverbs has nothing
to do with "nouns," because adverbs do not relate to nouns. In this
author's example,