ken_. 'He overrun his
guide;'--_overran_. 'The sun had rose;'--_risen_.
FALSE SYNTAX.
I seen him. I have saw many a one.
_Seen_ is improper, the perfect participle being used instead of the
imperfect tense of the verb. It ought to be, "I _saw_ him," according to
Note 3, _Have saw_ is also erroneous, the imperfect tense being employed
instead of the perfect participle. The perfect tense of a verb is formed
by combining the auxiliary _have_ with its perfect participle: therefore
the sentence should be written thus, "I have _seen_ many a one:" Note 3.
_Note_ 3. He done me no harm, for I had wrote my letter before he
come home.
Had not that misfortune befel my cousin, he would have went to
Europe long ago.
The sun had already arose, when I began my journey.
Since the work is began, it must be prosecuted.
The French language is spoke in every state in Europe.
He writes as the best authors would have wrote, had they writ on the
same subject.
RULE XXIX.
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
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