Part 43 (1/2)

NOR, OR--_Nor_ is the correlative of _neither_, soatives _Or_ is the correlative of _either_

THEREFORE, SO--In the sense of ”for this reason,” _therefore_ is preferable to _so_, since _so_ has other ,” ”in spite of the fact that”

AS IF, AS THOUGH--”_As if_ is, on the whole, preferable to _as though”[146]

WHEN, WHILE--_When_the ti as” ”_When_ fixes attention on a date or period; _while_ fixes attention on the lapse of time”[147]

[143] ”Foundations,” p152

[144] Coleridge: Table Talk Quoted by AS Hill in Principles of Rhetoric

[145] ”Foundations,” p 153

[146] ”Foundations,” p 156

[147] Ibid, p 157

EXERCISE LxxxVII

_Insert the proper conjunction in each blank, if a conjunction is needed Do not confine your choice to those mentioned above:_--

1 Roland was mild and modest, ---- Charles was coarse and boastful

2 ---- they ithout provisions, they thought they should starve

3 In Addison's day innu thee, brawny fellow, ---- Orlando was a slender youth

5 When the barn was full of people, the doors were suddenly shut and bolted ---- the barn was set on fire

6 Hereward's h

7 He read a short ---- interesting account of ”Theobald's”

8 Longfellow received a good education ---- he was not a poor boy

9 He was disappointed in the speed of his yacht, ---- he had expected her to be very fast

10 The n ---- no one would expect the hats to be given away

11 There is no doubt ---- the earth is spherical

12 I know very little about the ”Arabian Nights” ---- I have never read that book

13 When Gulliver began to pull, the shi+ps would not move ---- their anchors held the his Bible ---- at that ti it was prohibited; ---- he fastened it with tapes on the underside of a stool

15 The Liberal Arts Building at Chicago had twice as e

16 The lumbermen must keep open a road to the railroad, ---- all their provisions ht from the city

17 Scarcely had I thrown in my line ---- I felt a nibble

18 The fly seems to have been created for no other purpose ---- to purify the air

19 At first you wonder where the boats are, ---- on entering the grove you can see only a small cabin

20 I do not doubt ---- he will succeed

21 I cannot deny ---- he is honest

22 He was dis ---- because he was indolent

23 The land is equally adapted to fare

24 Proportion is ---- simple ---- compound

25 I wonder ---- he will come

26 The last of the horses had scarcely crossed the bridge ---- the head of the third battalion appeared on the other side

27 He looked as ---- he could play football

28 ---- I saw her, she was young ---- beautiful