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 uction of a few objectives, is what remains to us of the ancient Saxon dative case. If the order of the words be changed, the preposition must be inserted; as, "Pray do my service to his majesty."--Shak. The doctrine inculcated by several of our grammarians, that, "Verbs of asking, giving, teaching, and some others, are often employed to govern two objectives," (Wells, §215,) I have, under a preceding rule, discountenanced; preferring the supposition, which appears to have greater weight of authority, as well as stronger support from reason, that, in the instances cited in proof of such government, a preposition is, in fact, understood. Upon this question of ellipsis, depends, in all such instances, our manner of parsing one of the objective words.

OBS. 11.--In dates, as they are usually written, there is much abbreviation; and several nouns of place and time are set down in the objective case, without the prepositions which govern them: as, "New York, Wednesday, 20th October, 1830."--Journal of Literary Convention. That is, "At New York, on Wednesday, the 20th day of October, in the year 1830."

NOTE TO RULE VII.

An objective noun of time or measure, if it qualifies a subsequent adjective, must not also be made an adjunct to a preceding noun; as, "To an infant of only two or three years old."--Dr. Wayland. Expunge of, or for old write of age. The following is right: "The vast army of the Canaanites, nine hundred chariots strong, covered the level plain of Esdraelon."--Milman's Jews, Vol. i, p. 159. See Obs. 6th above.

IMPROPRIETIES FOR CORRECTION.

FALSE SYNTAX UNDER RULE VII. UNDER THE RULE ITSELF.--OF THE OBJECTIVE IN FORM.

"But I do not remember who they were for."--Abbott's Teacher, p. 265.

[FORMULE.--Not proper, because the pronoun who is in the nominative case, and is made the object of the preposition for. But, according to Rule 7th, "A noun or a pronoun made the object of a preposition, is governed by it in the objective case." Therefore, who should be whom; thus, "But I do not remember whom they were for."]

"But if you can't help it, who do you complain of?"--Collier's Antoninus, p. 137. "Who was it from? and what was it about?"--Edgeworth's Frank, p. 72. "I have plenty of victuals, and, between you and I, something in a corner."--Day's Sandford and Merton. "The upper one, who I am now about to speak of."--Hunt's Byron, p. 311. "And to poor we, thine enmity's most capital."--Beauties of Shakspeare, p. 201. "Which thou dost confess, were fit for thee to use, as they to claim."--Ib., p. 196. "To beg of thee, it is my more dishonour, than thou of them."--Ib., p. 197. "There are still a few who, like thou and I, drink nothing but water."--Gil Blas, Vol. i, p. 104. "Thus, I shall fall; Thou shalt love thy neighbour; He shall be rewarded, express no resolution on the part of I, thou, he."--Lennie's E. Gram., p. 22; Bullions's, 32. "So saucy with the hand of she here--What's her name?"--''Shak., Ant. and Cleop.'', Act iii, Sc. 11. "All debts are cleared between you and I."--Id., Merchant of Venice, Act iii, Sc. 2. "Her price is paid, and she is sold like thou."--Milman's Fall of Jerusalem. "Search through all the most flourishing era's of Greece."--Brown's Estimate, ii, 16. "The family of the Rudolph's had been long distinguished."--The Friend, Vol. v, p. 54. "It will do well enough for you and I."--Castle Rackrent, p. 120. "The public will soon discriminate between him who is the sycophant, and he who is the teacher."--Chazotte's Essay, p. 10. "We are still much at a loss who civil power belongs to."--Locke. "What do you call it? and who does it belong to?"--Collier's Cebes. "He had received no lessons from the Socrates's, the Plato's, and the Confucius's of the age."--Hatter's Letters. "I cannot tell who to compare them to."--Bunyan's P. P., p. 128. "I see there was some resemblance betwixt this good man and I."--Pilgrim's Progress, p. 298. "They by that means have brought themselves into the hands and house of I do not know who."--Ib., p. 196. "But at length she said there was a great deal of difference between Mr. Cotton and we."--Hutchinson's Mass., ii, 430. "So you must ride on horseback after we." [370]--MRS. GILPIN: Cowper, i, 275. "A separation must soon take place between our minister and I."--Werter, p. 109. "When she exclaimed on Hastings, you, and I."--Shakspeare. "To who? to thee? What art thou?"--Id. "That they should always bear the certain marks who they came from."--Butler's Analogy, p. 221.

"This life has joys for you and I,   And joys that riches ne'er could buy."--Burns.

UNDER THE NOTE--OF TIME OR MEASURE.

"Such as almost every child of ten years old knows."--Town's Analysis, p. 4. "One winter's school of four months, will carry any industrious scholar, of ten or twelve years old, completely through this book."--Ib., p. 12. "A boy of six years old may be taught to speak as correct