Will, Would reminds us of the Drapier’s Letters.
“Must” is for the House of Commons (it used to be for the King).
Ought, ought, with 1 before it, stands, (in schoolboy phrase) for 100.
’Tis naught, so to speak, however, says Murray.
CHAPTER VII.
OF ADVERBS.
Having as great a dislike as the youngest of our readers can have to repetitions, we shall not say what an adverb is over again. It is, nevertheless, right to observe, that some adverbs are compared: as, far, farther, farthest; near, nearer, nearest. In comparing those which end in ly, we use more and most: as, slowly, more slowly, most slowly.
Q. Who, of all the civic functionaries, moves “most slowly?”