. The comic English grammar : a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . HAPTER VIII. OF PREPOSITIONS. Prepositions are, for the most part, put before nounsand pronouns : as, out o/the frying-pan into the fire. Two prepositions, tvith and without, are sometimes (as wehave been informed) used in the place of substantives : as^ cold without, warm with The proposition of is sometimes used as a part of speechof peculiar signification, and one to which no name has asyet been applied : as, What have you been doing o/? At and up are not rarely used as verbs, but we shouldscarcely have b
. The comic English grammar : a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . HAPTER VIII. OF PREPOSITIONS. Prepositions are, for the most part, put before nounsand pronouns : as, out o/the frying-pan into the fire. Two prepositions, tvith and without, are sometimes (as wehave been informed) used in the place of substantives : as^ cold without, warm with The proposition of is sometimes used as a part of speechof peculiar signification, and one to which no name has asyet been applied : as, What have you been doing o/? At and up are not rarely used as verbs, but we shouldscarcely have been justified in so classing them by theauthority of any polite writer ; such use of them beingconfined to the vulgar : as, Now then. Bill, at him again. So she upjied with, her fists, and fetched him a whop. After is improperly pronounced arter, and against, ayin :as, Hallo ! Jim, vot are you arter ? dont you know thateres agin the law ? CHAPTER IX. OF CONJUNCTIONS. A Conjunction means, literally, a union or meetinctogether. An ill-assorted marriage is 72 THE COMIC EXGMSH A COMICAL eONJDNCTION, But our conjunctions are used to connect words and sen-tences, and have nothing to do with the joining of are chiefly of two sorts, the Copulative and Disjunc-tive. The Copulative Conjunction is employed for the connec-tion or continuation of a sentence: as, Jack and Gillwent up the hill; I will sing a song z/Gubbins will; A thirsty man is like a City Giant, because he is a Gogfor drink. The Conjunction Disjunctive is used not only for pur- ETYMOLOGY. 73 poses of connection, but also to express opposition ofmeaning in different degrees : as, Though Lord John isas cunning as a Fox, yet Sir Robert is as deep as a Pitt. We pay less for oui* letters, but shall have to pay morefor our panes : they have lightened our postage, but theywill darken our rooms. The word as, so often used in this and other Grammars,is a conjunction: as Mrs. A. is as well as can be ex-pected.
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