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Par. 52, 53.] CONJUNCTIONS.

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The other Prepositions in this and other Exercises may be similarly parsed.
52 The Use of the Conjunction.
The Conjunction has no Inflections, and therefore, in order to parse it, nothing is needed except
to state what it does, i.e. what are the two sentences joined together by it. (See pages 104 and
105 of " How to Tell," &c.)
53 Caution. Some Adverbs are used as Conjunctions -
(1) "I asked the man where1 my brother was."
(2) " It was useless to attempt to persuade him; so1
I took my leave."
In "as far as," "as soon as," &c., the first "as" is an
Adverb modifying "far," " soon; " the second "as" is a
Conjunction. See How to Tell, &c., p. 99. These words
are, however, sometimes parsed as Compound Coijunctions.
EXERCISE.
Parse the Conjunctions in Exercise I., thus: 2
" If" jins (1) "You do not know."
loins (2) "Look it out in the map."
" Where " joins (1) Does every boy know."
(2) " Persia is."
"Though" joins (1) " He was king —of the East."
hou joins(2) He was not satisfied."
"Yet" joins the same sentences.
I See How to Tell, &c., pages 101, 102.
2 " And." "than," and the second " as" in "as - as." may be
simply called Conjunctions, without attempting to write down the
Sentences joined by them: ib., page 142.