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——;§ 134 SYNTAX.—ADVERBS. 261585.§ 134. CONSTRUCTION OF ADVERBS.Eule XLV. Adverbs are joined to verbs,adjectives, and other adverbs, to modify and limittheir signification ;as,Bene scrlbit,He writes well.Fortiter pugnans,Fighting bravely.Egregie jidelis,Satis bene,Well enough.Remarkably faithful.OBSERVATIONS.5b6. Obs. 1. Adverbs are sometimes joined with nouns ; as, Homerusplane orator, " Homer evidently an orator."587; Obs. 2. The adverb is usually placed near the word modified ored by it.Negatives.588.— Obs. 3. Two negatives in Latin, as well as in English, destroyeach other, or are equivalent to an affirmative; as, Nee n o n senserunt," nor did they not perceive ;" i. e. et senserunt, " and they did perceive."So, Xon poteram non exanimdri metu. Cic. Non sum nescius, i. e. sciohand nihil est, " it is not nothing," i. e. " it is something ;" nonnidli, " notnone," i. e. " some ;" nonnunquam, "n$t never," i. e. " sometimes ;" non nemo," not nobody," i. e. " somebody,"