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176 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
be supplied, and each woru purseu separately; as, "In a vain manner. -
" In a secret place," &c.
826. Adverbs representing adverbial phrases cnding with a preposition,
ti0vern B noun following, in the objective; us, " j[aufJre hell," that i~, .. in
spite of hell."-Milton.
827. Though worus denoting weiglte, measure, &c., are evidently gov·
erned by a preposition, yet, as it is for the most part understood, it is
bettcr to dispose of such case~ by the following-
SPECIAL RULE.
828. RULE.-Nouns denoting TIME, VALUE, WEIGHT or
MEASURE, are commonly put in the o~jective case, without
(( governing word (165, 3) ; as,
"He was absent six months last year."-"lt cost a shillillfJ."-" It is
not worth a cent."-" It weighs a pound."-" The wall is six feet high,
and two feet thick."
This may be ca,llcu the objective of time, value, weifJlte, &c., us the case
may be.
829. Nouns denoting time1ww 10nfJ are generally without a preposition;
as, "He is ten years old." All nouns denoting time when, in a general or
indefinite way; as," He came last week." But nouns denoting the time
when, definitely or with precision, generally have the preposition ex·
pressed; as, "He came last week, on IVednesday, in the evening."
I'OSITION.
830. Prepositions should be phc('d before the words whiclJ they govem,
alHl us ncar to them us p08oi1le; IJllt never before that as a relative.
831. 1T7wlIl and which are somctimes governed by a preposition at
fome distance after tlJem; this. howevcr, should be avoided ue much as
possible. Thus," Thut is tLe mau whom I gave the letter to." Generally
up.tter thuB-" to whom I guve the Idter."
832. The preposition with its regimen (539) should be placed as ncar
as possible to the word to wLich it is related.
833. Under this rule, there is liability to error only in the use of pro·
nouns and with regard to position (130).
EXERCISES TO BE CORRECTED.
In each of the following sentences, point out the preposition, and the
word governed by it. Correct the errors, and give n reason for the
change. Parse the sentences when corrected :-
(818) To who will you give that pen r-That is a smaH matter
between you and I.-He came along with James and 1.-