Fill up the blanks, selecting appropriate words, from the CHOICE BOX.
CHOICE BOX Words:
diligently
generally
harmoniously
permanently
personally
safely
scarcely
simply
strictly
surely
truly
Hover your mouse on 'ANSWER' to see the Lincoln's usage. Almost all the adverbs, fit to the context very appropriately.
SENTENCE/PHRASE BOX
* Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work ____y and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built .
* These capitalists ____y act ____ly and in concert, to fleece the people .
* These capitalists ____ly act ____y and in concert, to fleece the people .
REM:See two adverbs used in one sentence. The first- is attributive. The second follows the verb.
* You cannot help men ____y by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves .
REM: This is a harsh reality in some countries. But, when the State or the wealthy families claim possession on every productive asset in a country, how can the poor people do what they could and should do for themselves? Land might not have been scarce in U.S.A. during Lincoln's days. Everything is scarce and too expensive in this 21st Century world of Neo-liberalistic Capitalism, the so called 'Free Enterprise' which Bush and Obama both vigorously support. Very little is left to a free man + poor man to eke out an honest livelihood. Consequently, the State and the Corporates force people to slog in Companies and Workshops.
* Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him ____y .
* The people themselves, and not their servants, can ____y reverse their own deliberate decisions .
* A worse man can ____y be found than one who does this .
* Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is ____y purgatory .
REM: This seems to be too strong a comment. Experiences may vary from individual to individual..
* The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it ____y .
REM: True for all times!
* If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you ____y will .
* Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I
have no other so great as that of being ____y esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem .
REM: Modesty of a greatman, apparently.
