Into.

bed. In fits. In debt. In physic. In a high fever. In transports of joy. I am in doubt; in

hopes; in my senses. He is not right in

In the afternoon. In the meantime.
Just in time.

his mind.

In June.

Once in four years. They spend
In English. In vain.

their time in quarrelling.

In appearance. Indeed. In fact. Instead of. In

name.

In my opinion.

power. In my presence.

hand. In jest.

In common.

In my

In comparison.

He has them well in
Put it in evi-

dence. Taken in the fact.

in.

Against a world in arms.

in (adverb).

You cannot take me

Inasmuch as. Go

She lay in (adverb). Is your father

in? (adverb). In and out (adverb).

He fell into a fever. He He went into public life. He question, enter into the subject. She went into hysterics. Far Four into five equals twenty.

He fell into the river.
went into Germany.
did not go into the
He got into debt.
into January.

late this into French.

Instead of. You shall go instead of me.

Near.

Trans

'Instead' is used as an adverb; as, 'He came instead.'

Richmond is near London.

drowned.

aware of.

He was very near being He was nearer being ruined than he was

'Near himself' or 'near' in old English means parsimonious.

Which is the nearest station? (adjective). Winter drew near (adverb). He is not near so violent as he used to be (for 'nearly') (adverb).

D

Next.

They placed me next the wall.

'Next' is usually an adjective or an adverb

The next town, the next page, next week, &c. (adjec-
tive). Where will you go next? (adverb).

Notwithstanding. I do not envy him, notwithstanding his wealth.
I do not like him, notwithstanding (adverb).
I am

Of.

Off.

content, notwithstanding I expected more (conjunc-
tion).

Equivalent to the possessive case, but less forcible. We
say, 'His father's son,' not 'The son of his father.'
In other senses-

What is this made of? Desirous of returning.
Afraid of the dark.

of great things.

Mindful of his duty.

Capable

'Of' nearly always follows the superlative; as—
The last of the Saxon kings. The best of men.

In old English, the sign of the agent; as—

He

You will repent

Seen of them forty days. Ashamed of himself.
did it of himself, of his own accord.
of your folly. Tired of talking.
Proud of. Glad of Worthy of.

In need of. Full of Void

of. To relieve of, rob of, inquire of, speak of.
What kind of man is he? Many of them. Of late.
Of my opinion. Of use. Of a child. He made much
He has had a terrible time of it.
The city
The island of Malta. (But, 'The

of me.
of London.

river Thames.')

He fell off his horse.
Of his feed. Of his

He answered off hand.

tree. Twelve miles off (adverb).

On or Upon. As prepositions these words are the same in meaning, but 'upon' is never used as an adverb. 'On' is the opposite to 'off’—

the way to Paris. On a sudden. On the contrary. On reflection. On the spot. On the

On purpose.

arrival of the judge the trial began.

mind on, heart on, affections on.

Have pity on, mercy on.

To live upon vegetables.

Tuesday.

To set one's

To take on himself.

To play on a concertina.
On that very night.

On

To set upon, sit upon, look upon, come

upon, think upon; resolve on, border on, rely on. Hold

an inquest on.

Adverb-Put your coat on.

You must go six miles

Out of

Over.

on. To go on, hurry on, help on. Get on with It is going on for four o'clock.

your work.

and on.

Off

is the opposite to 'into' or 'in.' 'Out' is an adverb

Get out of my sight. Out of anxiety to know his
fate. It is gone out of my head. Out of office.
Out of breath. Such scenes are not met with out of
England. Out of sight, out of mind.

ing. Out of order, Out of time.
Out of humour. Out of print.

Out of hearOut of my wits.

He went over the

A dark cloud hangs over me.
mountains, over the sea. The garden is not over an
acre. It did not last over a week. He wept over
it. To condole with him over his misfortunes. The
Roman law gave the father power over his children.
To rule over, reign over. It is known all over
England. All the world over. Over head and ears
in water, in debt. Over and above, over the way,
over night.

Adverb-He does not seem over happy.

over. Say it over and over again.

Read this Moreover. The

Over against. Carthage was over against Sicily. I dincd at the Royal Academy, and sat over against the Archbishop of York. (Johnson.)

Regarding, Respecting, Touching, shorter forms for 'having regard to,' 'having respect to,'' applying the mind to'Lord Eldon spoke regarding the law of succession to the crown. Let me hear your opinion respecting the subject under discussion. Did he say anything touching my affairs ?

Save. The same as 'except,' but an older word—

Since.

The proposals were all refused, save mine.

It is three years since his death. Ever since that day. 'Since' is more properly an adverb or a conjunctionIt happened ten days since (adverb). what he has been doing since (adverb).

I know not
Since you

like it so much, why do you not keep it? (conjunction). It it now a year since he died (conjunction).

Through, anciently spelt 'thorough,' which is still used as an

adjective

He got

He drove the sword through his breast.
through his examination. It is known through all
Europe. Through carelessness. Through grief. My
misfortunes are all through you. All the week
through.

Adverb-He went through at three o'clock.

Throughout.

through to London, i. e. all the way.
through with what you have undertaken.

He went

You must go

From that centre it spread throughout Europe. It was wrong throughout (adverb).

Till or Until.

Till nine o'clock. Till night. then. Till within this hour.

Until now. Till

I will stay

'Till' or 'until' is more properly a conjunction-
I did not know this until you told me.
till you come.

('To' is often omitted after these verbs-Give, present, offer, send, lend, hand; as, 'He handed her a cup of tea.') He went to Paris. The path of duty is the way to All this is nothing to you. As an orator

glory.

Ask

to your health. It does not belong to me.

him to breakfast. Death to the tyrant. I drink
to the prosperity of your country. To the same
purport. To some purpose.
They were killed to
Next door to the

a man. The time to a minute.

school.

To-day.

To-morrow.

From day to day.

To the best of my power, knowledge, understanding,

recollection, information, belief.

to face. To such a degree.

You do it to your own disgrace.

To his face.

Face

He took it to heart.

I said nothing to

his disparagement. It is not known to me. To

this end. To my taste.

He was persuaded to it.

Contrary to; contradictory to. Opposite to; adverse

to. They came to words, to blows.

Man to man.

From man to man. From hand to hand.

From

mouth to mouth.

Next to; near to.

Adverb: To and fro.

Shut the door to.

She came to.

'Lay to' in old English means 'apply'—'It is time for

thee to lay to thine hand.'

'Unto' is only found in old English, or in imitations of

it in poetry.

'To' is the sign of the infinitive-'In time to come.'

Toward or Towards. He came towards me. A kind of

reverence should be used towards all men. Cyprus lies towards Syria. It grows cold towards evening. Toward' is the older form. In old English the syllable 'ward' is sometimes placed after the noun; as, 'Your faith to Godward,' i. e. toward God. In modern