Grammar Through Analysis, a Natural Introduction to the Elementary Laws of English Grammar - National Diabetes Education Program

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...containing the preposition of and a noun--31oses-1 law is the same as the law of Moses. Phrases with of generally mean cither what a thing is made of, or what it belongs to. Now if a phrase stands instead of an adjective or a possessive case, it is plainly an enlargement of the subject or object, just like an adjective. These may be called adjective phrases. The men in tliat city all perished, is the same as that city's inhabitants all perished. The magistrate addressed the London gentleman is the same as--the magistrate addressed the gentleman from London. Here in that city is an enlargement of the subject, and from London is an enlargement of the object. Exercise VII.--Analyse these sentences; say what each preposition shows, and say whether it forms part of an adverb phrase or an adjective phrase. The farmer wants the field over the hedge.--The men of that day were wise.--The boys in the field are playing at cricket. A cricketer from Yorkshire made the highest score.--The price of that field is a sum beyond my means.--The cross of St. Paul's is above the ball.--The nests of the sparrows were in the chimney. Exercise VIII.--Parse the nouns as before: if the noun comes after a preposition remember to say--in the objective case, governed by the preposition. 64. There are some adverb phrases that have no preposition in them: You have your dinner every day. The cricket chirps all night. Here every day answers to the question how often? and all night answers to the question how long? They are plainly enlargements of the predicate. 65. Sometimes a noun or pronoun looks like the object, and yet is not. He gave me a purse. They sent the beggar some dinner. We wish you a pleasant journey. The words me, the beggar, and you, are not objects, for...