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Into.

In London.

(At Paris.)

In

He hit him in the eye.

bed. In fits. In debt. In physic. In a high In transports of joy. I am in doubt; in hopes; in my senses. He is not right in his mind.

fever.

In the afternoon. In the meantime.

In June. Once in four years. They spend

Just in time.
their time in quarrelling.
In appearance. Indeed.
In my opinion.

name.

In English. In vain.

In fact. Instead of. In
In my

In common.

He has them well in

In comparison.

Put it in evi

power. In my presence.
hand. In jest.

dence. Taken in the fact. You cannot take me

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Instead of. You shall go instead of me.

Near.

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

Richmond is near London. He was very near being drowned. He was nearer being ruined than he was

aware of.

'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.

In need of.

Proud of. Glad of. Worthy of. Full of Void

of. To relieve of, rob

What kind of man is he?

of, inquire of, speak of.

Many of them. Of late.

The city

Of my opinion. Of use. Of a child. He made much
He has had a terrible time of it.
The island of Malta. (But, 'The

of me.
of London.

river Thames.')

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

He answered off hand.

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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

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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.

To set one's

mind on, heart on, affections on. To take on himself.

Have pity on, mercy on.

To live upon vegetables.

Tuesday.

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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

danger is over.

Winter is over.

Over against. Carthage was over against Sicily. I dined 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 conjunction—

It happened ten days since (adverb). I know not
what he has been doing since (adverb).
Since you

like it so much, why do you not keep it? (conjunc-
tion). 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.

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

Throughout.

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. Until now. Till

then. Till within this hour.

I will stay

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

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(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
glory. All this is nothing to you. As an orator
he was nothing to Cicero. I rise to speak to that
question. (See 'According to.")
He made a speech to the crowd.
to me. Put it off to next week.

Address the letter Look to me. See

to your health. It does not belong to me.

Ask

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 his face.

Face

to face. To such a degree. He took it to heart. You do it to your own disgrace. I said nothing to his disparagement. It is not known to me. Το 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. Adverb: To and fro.

Next to; near to.

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

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