4. Conjunctions of a positive and absolute nature, implying no
doubt, require the indicative mood; as, "_As_ virtue _advances, so_
vice _recedes_."
FALSE SYNTAX.
Did he not tell me his fault, and entreated me to forgive him?
Professing regard, and to act differently, discovers a base mind.
_Note_ 1. He has gone home, but may return.
The attorney executed the deed, but will write no more.
_Note_ 2. I shall walk to-day, unless it rains.
If he acquires riches, they will corrupt his mind.
RULE XXXV.
A noun or pronoun following the conjunction _than_, _as_, or _but_, is
nominative to a verb, or governed by a verb or preposition, expressed or
understood; as, "Thou art wiser _than_ I [_am_."] "I saw nobody _but_
[_I saw_] him."
NOTE 1. The conjunction _as_, when it is connected with _such_,
_many_, or _same_, is sometimes, though erroneously, called a
_relative pronoun_; as, "Let _such_ as presume to advise others,"
&c.; that is, Let _them who_, &c. See page 116.
2. An ellipsis, or omission of some words, is frequently admitted,
which must be supplied in the mind in order to parse grammatically;
as "Wo is me;" that is, _to_ me; "To sleep all night;" i.
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