_Hence, therefore, why_, etc., used in making an inference or in expressing
cause--as, It is dark, _hence_, or _therefore_, the sun is down; _Why_ is
it dark?--are called +Adverbs of Cause+.
Some adverbs fall into more than one class; as, _so_ and _as_.
Some adverbs, as you have learned, connect clauses, and are therefore
called +Conjunctive Adverbs+.
DEFINITIONS.
+A _Verb_ is a word that asserts action, being, or state of being+.
CLASSES OF VERBS WITH RESPECT TO MEANING.
+A _Transitive Verb_ is one that requires an object+. [Footnote: The
+object+ of a transitive verb, that is, the name of the receiver of the
action, may be the +object complement+, or it may be the +subject+; as,
Brutus stabbed _Caesar_; _Caesar_ was stabbed by Brutus. See page 187.]
+An _Intransitive Verb_ is one that does not require an object+.
CLASSES OF VERBS WITH RESPECT TO FORM.
+A _Regular Verb_ is one that forms its past tense and past participle by
adding _ed_ to the present+.
+An _Irregular Verb_ is one that does not form its past tense and past
participle by adding _ed_ to the present+.
+An _Adverb_ is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or an adverb.
[Footnote: Adverbs have several exceptional uses. They may be used
independently; as, _Now, there_ must be an error here.
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