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174 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
h0I101'.-Who do you think I ~:1\y y('~t erday 7-Who did he marry?-.
Sbe \\ ho we u~et at the t:)prings last summer.-'Vho,
having not· Sl'{'n, we love.-'Vho should 1 meet the vther rlay
but 111 \ olJ friend 7-,V ho dost tllOU t:1ke to be such a coward?
( 803) You will have re:1SOl1 enough to repent you of your
foolish cOllduct.-They did not fail to enlarge themselves on the
sllbject.-Go, £lee thee away into the laml of Judea.-Hasten
thee hOllle.-Sit thee dowll and rest thee.
(807) ScnTal pet'SOnR were entered into a conspiracy.­
Fif't,r men are deserted f!'Om tIle army.-I am purposed that I
will not ~in.-IIe i8 almost perished with cold.-I am resolved
to ga.-lie is retired to his room.-The plague was then entirely
ceased.-Is your father returned'? He was not returned
an hour ago.
(809) No country will allow of such a practice.-False accusation
can not dilllil!i~h from his realmerit.-His servants ye
are, to whom ye obey.-lIe ingratiates with some by traducing
other~.-Tbl'y shall not ".-ant for encouragement. \\T e do not
want fot, a11ything.-l'oyet earnestly for the best gifts.
Change the follu\yil'g iuto the regulm' form, and give:l reason for the
change ;-
(813) I was promised a pension.-He was offered a pardon.
-i5he would not accept the situation, though she was ofl'emJ. it.
-1 was paid a dollar for my services.-I was given a book of
great value.-The commissioner was denied access.
(SI i) Becket could not better discover, than by attacking so
pO\rerful an inte-rest, bis resolution to maintain his right.-The
troops pursued, ,yithout waiting to rest, the enemy to their gates.
THE OBJECTIYE C(JYERNED BY PREPOSITIO::-;rS.
818. RULE XI.-A preposition gOL'CI"1lS the objecth'('
case; as, "To to/wm much is gi ,-en, of him much shall
lJe required."
819. The object of II preposition is sometimes an infinitive mocu-a
r-articiple wed as a nOlin-part of a sentence-a phrase, or depeT/delit
clauu, as well liS a nonn or pronoun; as, .. He i" ABOUT to depart."­
i, AFTER we came."-" ON l'eceil l illg his diploma."-" Much depends ON who
are his advisers."
820. As II general rule, it is considered inelegant to connect either 8n
active transiti,e verb and a preposition, or two prepositions with the
same object. Thu8," I wrote to lind warned him." Better," I wrote to