alytical practical grammar - Toronto Public Library

146 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
" I :un he."-u Y (' are they who justify yom·,elves."-" God is love."­
" W II" do BIen sny that I, the Son of man, alii 1"-" He is a good 01111l."­
.. lie is said to be a good man."-" They )'('pl'esented him to be II gnod
m IU."-"Snying is not doing" (796, &c.)
RULE X.-A transitive verb in the active voice, governs
the objective case; as,
"We love him."-" He loves us."-" '.Yhnm shall I send 1"-" Send me."
_" Honor thy father and mother."-" Them that honor me I will honor."
_" Boys love to play."-" Boys love playing."-" I know that thou fearest
God."-" Jesus I kuow, amI Paul I know; but who art thou 1" (B01. &c.)
RULE XI.-A preposition governs the objective case;
as,
"Of him, nnd through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory
for ever."-" To whom much is given, of him much shall be required."­
.. Come with us and we will do (to) thee good."-" Science they do not
pretend to."_" Whom did he speak to ,n (BIB, &c.)
RULE XII. - Certain words and phrases should be followed
by appropriate prepositions; as,
"Confide in,"-" dispose 0f,"-" adapted to,"-" swerve from," &c. (Bi4,
«c.)
RULE XIII.-One substantive governs another in the
possessive, when the latter substantive limits the signification
of the former; as,
"Pompey's pillar." -" Virtue's reward." -
II Locke's essays."-" For
righteon3ness' sakc." _" For con@cience' sake."-" The duke of Wellington's
funeral."-" The secretary of state's office."-" Whose pen is this f"-" It
is John's-it is not mine" (241)-" It came from the stationer's."­
•• Brown, Smith, & Uo.'s warehouse" (839, &c.)
RULE XIV.-The SUbjunctive mood is used in dependent
clauses, when both contingency or doubt, and
futurity, are expressed; as,
"Though he slay me yet will I trust in him."-" If he study he wi1l improvc."-"If
he do but touch the hills they shall smokc."-" See thou do it
not" (857, &c.)
RULE XV.-The infinitive mood is governed by verbs,
nouns, or adjectives j as,
"I desire to learn."-" A desire to learn."-u Anxious to learn."-"To
do good and to communicate, forget not."_U To perform is better than to
promise."-" Fools who came to scoff, remruned to pray."_CI Let us go."­
.f You need not go" (B66, &c.)
RULE XVI.-Participles have the construction of
nouns, adjectives, and verbs; as,