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Par. 445, 446.] CONDENSED CLA USES.

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(2) " On the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die."
(3) " The instant (that) he saw me, he retired."
445 2. Conjunctions used with Participles: see Par.
406.
Conjunctions are also used with Adjectives and
Nouns, the Verb being omitted:(1) " This news, if (it be) true, will alter our plans."
(2) " Though (he was) honest, he was not trusted."
(3) " However thoughtless (he may be), he is at least
not deliberately mischievous."
(4) "Although (he is) a rascal, yet he's a very
amusing rascal."
In parsing Conjunctions so used, the Verb should
be supplied.
446 3. " As" is used with Nouns, (1) sometimes for
"as being," i.e. "since he is;" (2) sometimes it
seems loosely used for "like," "in the character
of ": -
(1) "As (being) a foreigner, he claims our special
consideration."
(2) " As (in the character of) an author, he did not
succeed."
(3) " They regarded him as (in the character of, like)
an adventurer."
Such sentences can generally be reduced to their
regular construction by bearing in mind the radical