"I have known him many years."—"I expected he would come" (not "would have come").-"I expect he will come."-"It would have been easy to do it" (not "to have done it").-"I expected to go" (not 'to have gone") (p. 183). RULE XVIII.-Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs; as, "John speaks distinctly; he is remarkably diligent; and reads very correctly."—"Julia sings well."-"The day is far spent.”—“Time passes swiftly and imperceptibly.". "-"Where have you been?"-"Whom did you see there?"-"When will you return ?"-"Soon" (p. 186). RULE XIX.-Conjunctions connect words or sentences; as, "You and he must go; but I stay at home."-"Honor thy father and thy mother."-" He or his brother is to blame."-"They can neither read nor write."—"He is slow, but sure."-"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease" (p. 189). RULE XX.-Interjections have no grammatical connexion with the other words in a sentence; as, "O ye of little faith !"-"Ah me!"-"O cruel thou!"-"Envious of David Garrick Poh! poh! Pshaw! pshaw !" (p. 193). GENERAL RULE. In every sentence, the words employed, and the order in which they are arranged, should be such as clearly and properly to express the idea intended; and, at the same time, all the parts of a sentence should correspond, and a regular and dependent construction be preserved throughout (p. 193). ELLIPSIS. RULE 1.-An ellipsis, or omission of words, is admissible, when they can be supplied by the mind with such certainty and readiness as not to obscure the sense; as, "We walked by faith, not by sight" (p. 194). RULE 2.-An ellipsis is not allowable when it would obscure the sentence, weaken its force, or be attended with an impropriety (p. 195). 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