. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . to a horse:for as the animal eats not a bit, so neither does theman partake of a morsel. The rustic is de-luded by false hopes, for his daily food is gam-mon. Every philosopher has his weak points, and inthe Sylva Sylvarum may be found some gammonof Bacon. RULE XX. When a comparison is made between two ormore things, the latter noun or pronoun is notgoverned by the conjunction than or as, but agreeswith the verb, or is governed by the verb or prepo-sition, expressed or understood: as, The Frenchare a lighter
. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . to a horse:for as the animal eats not a bit, so neither does theman partake of a morsel. The rustic is de-luded by false hopes, for his daily food is gam-mon. Every philosopher has his weak points, and inthe Sylva Sylvarum may be found some gammonof Bacon. RULE XX. When a comparison is made between two ormore things, the latter noun or pronoun is notgoverned by the conjunction than or as, but agreeswith the verb, or is governed by the verb or prepo-sition, expressed or understood: as, The Frenchare a lighter people than we, (that is than weare,) and yet we are not so dark as they,that is, as they are. I should think thatthey admire me more than them, that is, thanthey admire them. It is a shame, Martha !you were thinking more of that young officer thanme, that is, of me. Sufficient attention is not always paid, in dis-course, to this rule. Thus, a schoolboy may be 158 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. often heard to exclaim, What did you hit mefor, you great fool ? you re bigger than me. Hit. some one of your own size ! Not fling fartherthan him? just cant I, thats all! You andI have got more marbles than them. SYNTAX. 159 RULE XXI. An ellipsis, or omission of certain words, isfrequently allowed, for the sake of avoiding dis-agreeable repetitions, and of expressing our ideasin few words. Instead of saying She was alittle woman, she was a round woman, and shewas an old woman, we say, making use of thefigure Ellipsis, She was a little, round, and oldwoman. When, however, the omission of words is pro-ductive of obscurity, weakens the sentence, orinvolves a violation of some grammatical principle,the ellipsis must not be used. It is improper to say Puddings fill who fill them; we should supplythe word those. A beautiful leg of mutton andturnips is not good language: those who woulddeserve what they are talking about ought to say, A beautiful leg of mutton and fine turnips. In common discourse
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