6. Adverb used as an adjective: [My _sometime_ friend].
7. Infinitive used adjectively: [Work _to do_ is a blessing].
8. Participle: [The child, _lagging_ behind, lost her way].
The modifiers of the predicate are:--
1. Adverb: [The snow melted very _quickly_].
2. Noun used adverbially: [I walked a _mile_].
3. Infinitive used adverbially: [We were called together _to decide_ an
important question].
4. Adverbial phrase: [She ran _along the road_].
5. Adverbial clause: [Go _when you can_].
6. Nominative absolute: [The _speeches being over_, the audience
dispersed].
Occasionally, adverbs and phrases of adverbial character modify the entire
thought in a sentence, rather than some single word: [_To speak plainly,_
I cannot go. _Perhaps_ I may help you].
LIST OF SPECIAL WORDS
+86. Special Words.+--A list is here given of words which
appear as various parts of speech:---
+a+ (1) Adjective: _A_ book. (2) Preposition: I go a-fishing.
+about+ (1) Preposition: Walk _about_ the house. (2) Adverb: We walked
_about_ for an hour. _By, over, up_, etc., are used in the
same way.
+above+ (1) Preposition: The sun is _above_ the horizon. (2) Adverb: Go
_above_. (3) Noun: Every good gift is from _above_. (4)
Adjective: The _above_ remarks are discredited. _Below_ has
the same uses.
+after+ (1) Preposition: _After_ our sail.
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