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Par. 348, 349.] PREPOSITIONS.

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other to denote time, e.g., " to " for space, " til" or
" till" for time. See Par. 376.
348 Then the uses of the Prepositions were still
further extended to denote other relations, e.g.,
agency, instrumentality, and the like. For example, we now say that a box is " made of (i.e., out
of, motion from) wood." But there is no reason
why we might not have used instead of "of," some
Preposition denoting "neighborhood," e.g., "with"
or "by." And here also (as with " to" and " till"
above) the Preposition sometimes assumed two
forms, one to denote the original local relation, e.g.,
" off, " "the leaves are falling off the trees;" another
to denote the secondary relation, e.g., " the light of
the sun."
IHenice, in explaining the uses of Prepositions,
the student should go back at once to the radical
meaning of rest or motion, and thence should trace
the derived meaning, whatever it may be.'
"A," "a-piece;" see Par. 343: "a-ground,"
" a-sleep," for "on ground," "on sleep;" Par. 127.
349 1. " Against," now generally restricted to
space, but still rarely (once commonly) used of
time -
(1) "We shall not be ready against the day of
battle."
1 Before the Pupil deals with Prepositions and their metaphorical meanings derived from their local meanings, lie should thoroughly master the meaning of a Metaphor, and he able to expand a
Metaphor into a Proportion or Simile. See English Lessons for
English People, page 125.