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LESSON 40.
ERRORS IN THE USE OF MODIFIERS.
+Caution+.—Place adverbs where there can be no doubt as to the words they modify.
ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED.
I only bring forward a few things.
Hath the Lord only [Footnote: Adverbs sometimes modify phrases.]spoken by
Moses?
We merely speak of numbers.
The Chinese chiefly live upon rice.
+Caution+.—In placing the adverb, regard must be had to the sound of the sentence.