Kondorosi
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There is actually a considerable difference: the first adverbial denotes the respect in which the assertion 'he will do well in this post' is applicable: the speaker is referring, not to his inherent technical skill in performing the task, but rather e.g. to his potential to interact well with his colleagues on a social/human level - both, however, legitimate grounds for the general claim that he will "do well".
In the second example, however, rather than restricting the precise sense in which the assertion itself may be considered true, the speaker is simply prefacing it with the caveat "this is simply my own view of the situation - don't rely too much on its accuracy or objectivity!"
I think that, if you persevere, you'll find that Quirk's classificatory system actually makes a great deal of sense. (And I would strongly advise against suicide!)
They do, but the difference lies in semantics and nowhere else. This is interesting, especially in light of the fact that adjuncts, subjuncts, disjuncts, and conjuncts are classified according to their grammatical functions. "Syntaxwise," I can detect no difference.