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CONJUNCTIONS. [Par. 443, 444.

kind of Noun meaning " part," and used Adverbially,
like "partly." Compare " some-what." "What"
had come, very early, to be used as a Noun, so that
men could say, not only " some-what," but also " a
little what." 1
443 " Whether" is sometimes used with "or," not
to introduce an indirect question, but (like *" what "
above) as a Co-ordinate Conjunction, to mean " both... and;" " either... or ":
(1) " The landlord reserves all game, whether birds
or ground-game."
The full construction would be " whether it be;"
but " whether" has so completely assimilated itself
to " either" in such expressions, that it seems best
to parse "whether" as used for " either," and
"birds " as Object, in Apposition to " game."
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES.
Condensed Clauses.
444 1. Some Conjunctions are formed from Prepositions or Adverbs followed by "that" e.g. " after
(that)," "before (that)," "now (that)." In such
cases " that" is often omitted: 2 -(1) "Now (that) we have arrived," But1 Shakspearian Grammar, page 5. Compare in Latin " quum
-turn," ' qua-qua."
2 In Shakspeare, "that" is used after "when," "while,"
"whether," "because," "if;" and also after the Prepositions in,
for.