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AD VERBS.

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"not" (" no-whit," "naught ") in Old English, and
is as correct as " not" in: -
(2) " Whether he comes or no, it matters little."
418 Why" and " Well " are used as expletives:
(1) "Why?" appears to have been originally thus
used as an exclamation of impatience or surprise,
equivalent to " Why do you say this? Why are
you surprised? Why are you acting thus?" (2)
"Well" seems to mean " This having been well
settled," and is used in the sense of "' enough of
this," "to pass on," &c., in order to prepare the
way for a new point:(1) "Snakes! Why, there are no snakes in
Ireland."
(2) " Well, now let us come to more practical
matters." /
419 Some Adverbs, especially those of place, are used
with Nouns almost like Adjectives, except that they
rarely come before the Noun: —
(1) " God above knows best."
(2) "What is the cause of your arrival here? I
thought your education abroad would prevent
your return homeward."
It is allowable to put the Adverb first in "The
above argument." Byron also writes " The then 1
world," " My almost drunkenness of heart." Shak1 This construction, sanctioned by Byron and Thackeray, is too
convenient to be given up.
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