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Par. 382-384.] PREPOSITIONS.

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(4) " Nabbe we buten the west end," i e. "we have but the west
end."
(5) " Nas he there bute one night," i.e. "he was there but one
night."
382 9. Prepositions are sometimes used with Adverbs
(used as Nouns) for their Objects -
(1) "What. kind of country is it between here and
Dover "
(2) " The light comes/from behind, not from above."
3) " Until quite recently." "Since then." "For once."
" Of yore."
The older and preferable forms " Whither?"
"Whence?" seem in danger of being supplanted
by the modern "Where-to?" Where-from? "(4) " Wthere does this road lead to?"
383 Sometimes the Preposition precedes not an Adverb, but an Adverbial Phrase: -
(5) "The mountain tremblesfr om on-high."
(6) " Froml beneath-the-ground." "From beyond-theseas."
(7) " Not till abont-six-years-afterwards."" "Till withina-f e w-weeks -of- his-death."
(8) "It was soldfor under-half-its-value."
384 10. The Object of a Preposition is sometimes
omitted, (1) when the Object is a Relative Pronoun,
(2) when the Preposition completes a Verb in the
Infinitive: -
(1) " The will (that) I told you of is lost."
(2) " lie lent me his horse to escape upon."