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Rh him; der er intet ondt i ham there is nothing bad about him; i Huset in the house; paa Gaden in the street.

241. In relative sentences introduced by som the preposition comes at the end of the sentence; Ex. min Ven, som jeg ikke paa længe har hört fra, er död my friend, from whom I have not had any news for a long time, has died; sometimes a preposition may be used adverbially at the end of the sentence: en Hat med et sort Baand omkring a hat with a black ribbon around it; Karl har faaet en stor Tavle at skrive paa Charles has got a big slate to write on; nu har han faaet sig en Vogn, han kan kjöre rundt i now he has got a carriage in which to ride around.

242. As to the distinction between i in and paa on may be noticed that paa is always used in connection with the name of islands and in Norway with the names of certain (especially minor) towns; Ex. paa Sjælland in Zealand; paa Bornholm in B.; paa Island in Iceland (but i England, i Irland); paa Moss at Moss; paa Kongsberg at K.; paa Fredrikshald at F.; (but i Fredriksstad, i Kristiania, i Drammen, i Skien, i Bergen, i Stavanger, i Trondhjem). The