adverb. It is most commonly connected with the principal sentence by—
- 1. Conjunctions with somewhat of adverbial force:
- He acted as we expected.
- I disliked school when I was a boy.
- He persevered till fortune smiled upon him.
The connecting particle is sometimes omitted when the clause is conditional; as,
- I would do no such thing ‸ were I you.
The adverbial sentence modifies in regard to time, place, manner, cause, condition, consequence, instrument, purpose, concession, &c. &c., according to the tenor of the sentence in which it occurs.
THE COMPOUND SENTENCE
is made up of two or more complex, or two or more simple sentences, or is a combination of simple and complex sentences.
Co-ordination.
The relation subsisting between the different sentences which combine to make up a compound sentence is called co-ordination; and the different sentences which go to make up a compound sentence are said to be co-ordinate with each other.
There are four kinds of co-ordination—
Copulative,
Disjunctive,
Adversative or Antithetical, and
Illative.
In Copulative Co-ordination one independent statement is simply annexed to another by a conjunction, or its equivalent expressed or understood; as,
- Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave.
- My stockings there I often knit ‸,
- My kerchief there I hem.
- I saw the clerk yesterday, who told me a different story.
