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RULE VI.
A noun or pronoun placed before a participle, and being independent of
the rest of the sentence, is in the nominative case _absolute_; as,
"_Shame being lost_; all virtue is lost;" "The _sun being risen_, we
travelled on."
NOTE. Every nominative case, except the case absolute and
independent, should belong to some verb expressed or understood; as,
"To whom thus _Adam_;" that is, _spoke_.
FALSE SYNTAX.
Him Destroyed,
Or won to what may work his utter loss,
All this will follow soon.
_Note_.--Two substantives, when they come together, and do not
signify the same thing, the former must be in the genitive case.
Virtue, however it may be neglected for a time, men are so constituted
as ultimately to acknowledge and respect genuine merit.
RULE VII.
Two or more nouns, or nouns and pronouns, signifying the same thing, are
put, by apposition, in the same case; as, "_Paul_, the _apostle;_"
"_Joram_, the _king;_" "_Solomon_, the _son_ of David, _king_ of Israel,
wrote many proverbs."
NOTE. A noun is sometimes put in apposition with a sentence; as,
"The sheriff has just seized and sold his valuable library--_(which
was) a misfortune_ that greatly depressed him.
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