RULE XXVI.
Participles have the same government as the verbs have from which they
are derived; as, "I saw the tutor _instructing_ his _pupils_."
NOTE. The present participle with the definite article _the_ before
it, becomes a noun, and must have the preposition _of_ after it.
_The_ and _of_ must both be used, or both be omitted; as, "By _the_
observing _of_ truth, you will command respect;" or, "By observing
truth," &c.
FALSE SYNTAX.
_Note_. We cannot be wise and good without the taking pains for it.
The changing times and seasons, the removing and setting up kings,
belong to Providence alone.
These are the rules of grammar, by observing of which you may avoid
mistakes.
RULE XXVII.
The present participle refers to some noun or pronoun denoting the
subject or actor; as, "I see a _boy running_."
RULE XXVIII.
The perfect participle belongs, like an adjective, to some noun or
pronoun, expressed or understood; as, "I saw the boy _abused_."
NOTE 1. Participles of neuter verbs have the same case after them as
before them; as, "_Pontius Pilate_ being _Governor_ of Judea, and
_Herod_ being _Tetrarch_," &c.
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