The comic English grammar [electronic resource]: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . e: for as the animal eats not a bit,so neither does the man partake of a morsel. The rusticis deluded by false hopes, for his daily food is gammon. Every philosopher has his weak points, and in the SylvaSylvarum may be found some gammon of Bacon. SYNTAX. 107 RULE XX. When a comparison is made between two or morethings, the latter noun or pronoun is not governed by theconjunction than or as, but agrees with the verb, or isgoverned by the verb or preposition expressed or under-stood : as, Th
The comic English grammar [electronic resource]: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . e: for as the animal eats not a bit,so neither does the man partake of a morsel. The rusticis deluded by false hopes, for his daily food is gammon. Every philosopher has his weak points, and in the SylvaSylvarum may be found some gammon of Bacon. SYNTAX. 107 RULE XX. When a comparison is made between two or morethings, the latter noun or pronoun is not governed by theconjunction than or as, but agrees with the verb, or isgoverned by the verb or preposition expressed or under-stood : as, The French are a lighter people than we,that is, than we are; and yet we are not so dark asthey, that is, as they are. I should think that theyidmire me more than them, that is, than they admirethem. It is a shame, Martha! you were thinkingmore of that young officer than me, that is, of me. Sufficient attention is not always paid, in discourse, tothis rule. Thus, a schoolboy may be often heard to ex-claim, What did you hit me for, you great fool? yourebigger than me. Hit some one of your own size ! Not. 108 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. fling farther than him ? just cant I, thats all! Youand I have got more marbles than them. RULE XXI. An ellipsis, or omission of certain words, is frequentlyallowed, for the sake of avoiding disagreeable repetitions,and of expressing our ideas in few words. Instead ofsaying She was a little woman, she was a round woman,and she was an old woman, we say, making use of thefigure Ellipsis, She was a little, round, and old woman. When, however, the omission of words is productive ofobscurity, weakens the sentence, or involves a violation ofsome grammatical principle, the ellipsis must not be is improper to say, Puddings fill who fill them; weshould supply the word those. A beautiful leg of muttonand turnips, is not good language; those who woulddeserve what they are talking about ought to say, Abeautiful leg of mutton and fine turnips. In common d
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