Connectives of English speech; the correct usage of prepositions, conjunctions, relative pronouns and adverbs

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by  James Champlin Fernald

CONNECTIVES OF
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JAMES FERNALD
C.
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
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Connectives of
English Speech
A REVELATION OF THE WEALTH AND POWER
OF THE LANGUAGE
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English Synonyms
and
Antonyms
Prepositions
BY JAMES C. FERNALD
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Over 7,500 Classified and DiscriminatedSynonyms; nearly
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THE TREASURES OF OUR MARVELOUSLANGUAGE
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Perflexing Prepositions Simplified
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English Speech
THE CORRECT USAGE OF PREPOSITIONS, CON-
JUNCTIONS, RELATIVE PRONOUNS AND
ADVERBS EXPLAINED AND
ILLUSTRATED
BY
FERNALD
JAMES C.
Editor of "The Students' Standard Dictionary," "English Synonyms and
Antonyms," etc.
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FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1904
Copyright, 190k, byFUNK& WAGNALL8 COMPANY,
Published June,190k.
PRINTEDINTHEUNITEDSTATESOPAMEBICA.
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION - - vii
PART I. PREPOSITIONS 1
I. Prepositions TheirOfficeandUse - 1
n. Defined, Etc., abaft about - - 11-20
m. " ' above after - 21-32
iv. " " " against among 33-45
v. " " " around athwart - 46-59
vi. " " " barring besides - 60-70
vii. " " " between by 71-85
vin. k> " concerning from - 86-101
ix. " " in without - 102-192
PART II. CONJUNCTIONS - 195
PART III. RELATIVE PRONOUNS - 275
PART IV. RELATIVE OR CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS 299
ADDENDA, INTRODUCTORY PARTICLES, it there - 315, 316
INDEX - - 317, 324
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