This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...EXAMPLES (1) The army marched (3) The faster they farther today than it did march, the sooner they will yesterday. arrive. (2) The army did not (4) He does not seem march so far yesterday as so well as he did yesterit did Wednesday. day. Connectives used in adverbial clauses of degree or comparison are as, than, as... ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...EXAMPLES (1) The army marched (3) The faster they farther today than it did march, the sooner they will yesterday. arrive. (2) The army did not (4) He does not seem march so far yesterday as so well as he did yesterit did Wednesday. day. Connectives used in adverbial clauses of degree or comparison are as, than, as... as, not so... as, and the construction seen in Sentence 3: the ] the comparative of the adjective or adverb... the + the comparative of another adjective or adverb. This comparison by means of the article had its origin early in the history of the language when the article was declined. The the in Sentence 3 above goes back to a form meaning "by his" or "by so much." The sentence expanded, then, would be literally: "By the faster they march, by so much the sooner they will arrive." 4. Manner. EXAMPLES (Wrong) (Right) He walked like he was He walked as though lie crippled. were crippled. Connectives used in adverbial clauses of manner are as, as if, as though. Caution: Do not use like as a conjunction. But see 238. 5. Cause or reason. EXAMPLE I did the work well because I enjoyed it. Connectives used in adverbial clauses of cause or reason are because, for, as, since, seeing that, inasmuch as, now that, in that. Caution: Observe the difference between this type and the compound sentences in which the coordinate clause gives the reason for the writer's knowledge or belief. See 120d. 6. Condition. EXAMPLES (1) If you should see him, you would realize the truth of my statement. (2) Unless you are willing, I do not wish to remain. Connectives used in adverbial clauses of condition are if, so, unless (--if not), on condition that, in case (that), but that, say, suppose, provided, whenever (--if ever). 7. Pu...
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