It prevents repetition, and hence
is euphonic; it abbreviates expression, and therefore is energetic.]
40. This word has a different source than that.
41. No sooner did I arrive when he called.
* * * * *
LESSON 109.
VARIOUS USES OF WHAT, THAT, AND BUT.
+What+ may be used as a +relative pronoun+, an +interrogative pronoun+, a
+definitive adjective+, an +adverb+, and an +interjection+.
+Examples+.--He did _what_ was right. _What_ did he say? _What_ man is
happy with the toothache? _What_ with confinement and _what_ with bad diet,
the prisoner found himself reduced to a skeleton (here _what_ = _partly_,
and modifies the phrase following it). _What_! you a lion?
+That+ may be used as a +relative pronoun+, an +adjective+ +pronoun+, a
+definitive adjective+, a +conjunction+, and a +conjunctive adverb+.
+Examples+.--He _that_ does a good deed is instantly ennobled. _That_ is
heroism. _That_ man is a hero. We eat _that_ we may live. It was so cold
_that_ the mercury froze.
+But+ may be used as a +conjunction+, an +adverb+, an +adjective+, and a
+preposition+.
+Examples+.--The ostrich is a bird, _but_ (adversative conjunction) it
cannot fly. Not a sparrow falls _but_ (= unless--subordinate conjunction)
God wills it.
Pages:
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299