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French prosody differs from that of every other European language."--_Smollet cor._ "So gradually _that it may be_ engrafted on a subtonic."--_Rush cor._ "Where the Chelsea _and_ Malden bridges now are." Or better: "Where the Chelsea _or the_ Malden _bridge_ now _is_."--_Judge Parker cor._ "Adverbs are words _added_ to verbs, _to_ participles, _to_ adjectives, _or to_ other adverbs."--_R. C. Smith cor._ "I could not have told you who the hermit was, _or_ on what mountain he lived."--_Bucke cor._ "AM _and_ BE (for they are the same _verb_) naturally, or in themselves, signify _being_."--_Brightland cor._ "Words are _signs, either oral or written_, by which we express our thoughts, _or_ ideas."--_Mrs. Bethune cor._ "His fears will detect him, _that_ he shall not escape."--_Comly cor._ "_Whose_ is equally applicable to persons _and to_ things"--_Webster cor._ "One negative destroys an other, _so that two are_ equivalent to an affirmative."--_Bullions cor._ "No sooner does he peep into the world, _Than_ he has done his do."--_Hudibras cor._ CHAPTER X.--PREPOSITIONS. CORRECTIONS IN THE USE OF PREPOSITIONS. "Nouns are often formed _from_ participles."--_L. Murray corrected_. "What tenses are formed _from_ the perfect participle?"--_Ingersoll cor._ "Which tense is formed _from_ the _present_, or root of the verb?"--_Id._ "When a noun or _a_ pronoun is placed before a participle, independently _of_ the rest of the sentence."--_Churchill's Gram._, p. 348. "If the addition consists _of_ two or more words."--_Mur. et al. cor._ "The infinitive mood is often made absolute, or used independently _of_ the rest of the sentence."--_Lowth's Gram._, 80; _Churchill's_, 143; _Bucke's_, 96; _Merchant's_, 92. "For the great satisfaction of the reader, we _shall present a variety_ of false constructions."--_Murray cor._ "For your satisfaction, I _shall present you a variety_ of false constructions."-- _Ingersoll cor._ "I shall here _present [to] you a scale_ of derivation."-- _Bucke cor._ "These two manners of representation in respect _to_ number."--_Lowth and Churchill cor._ "There are certain adjectives which seem to be derived _from verbs, without_ any variation."--_Lowth cor._ "Or disqualify us for receiving instruction or reproof _from_ others."--_Murray cor._ "For being more studious than any other pupil _in_ the school."-- _Id._ "Misunderstanding the directions, we lost our way."--_Id._ "These people reduced the greate
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