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IV. Adverbs o£ Qüantity 
a) Measure: muck, little, enough, half, entirely, partly, someiohat, etc. 
b) Number and Order: once, twice, jirstly, secondly, lastly. 
V, Adverbs of Mood 
a) Affirmation: yes, certainly, truly, surely. 
b) Negation: no, not, not at all, 
e) Probability and doubt: perhaps, prgbably, likely. 
A sentenee where an adverb of place as well as of time 
oecurs, place must preeede time e. g. 
The steamer ran ashore yesterday evening (not: yesterday 
cvening ashore). 
Note: The adverb does not offen separate the verb and its 
object. 
Adverbs of mnnner and degree which contain one syllable, 
and a few containing more than one syllable, are somotimes 
compared like adjectives by adding er and est to the positive; as 
fast faster fastest 
soon sooner soonest 
early earlier earliest 
Adverbs of manner and degree, which contain more than 
one syllable, are sometimes compared by prefixing more and 
most, as 
brightly more brightly most brightly 
Some adverbs are compared irregularly; as 
badly, Ul worse warst 
little less least 
muck more most 
well better best 
Some adverbs have two forms, au adjectival and an adver 
bial with -ly. 
The goods arrived ju«t (gernbe) in time for the market. — He 
was just!y (mit D?ed)t) punished for Ins crime. 
He buys cheap (billig) on the market. — The man got off 
cheaply (Icufjt baronfommen) with bis hargain, 
Not bring a good business man, he bought his goods too deav 
(teuer). — They loved each other dearty (tätt(id)). 
The boys wörk hard (tüdjtig) the whole day. — The ship made 
hardly (faum) any headway. 
People like to speak bad of (übel) their neighbours. — Tie 
speaks English very badly (fdjlcdjt). 
The carman camc late (fpät). — Your traveller called on us 
Idtely (neulich). 
The machine stopped short (fteefen bleiben). — The mail is ex- 
pecied shortly (in futtern). 
Note the translation of the following German adverbs: