Adverbial Clause of Place into Adverb.

393. 'I shall remain where I am'='I shall remain here.'

'We cannot find the ring look where we will’= 'We cannot find the ring anywhere.'

EXERCISE 328.

1. The ball fell where you are standing. 2. Send the boy where I am. 3. You cannot make a better bargain go where you will. 4. Wheresoever they come, they are at home. 5. What is the man doing where I am pointing? 9. If I sit longer where I am sitting, I shall catch cold. 7. The wood is rotten wherever one tests it. 8. Continue the examination where I am working. 9. Wherever you have travelled, you have never seen a stranger sight. 10. Wherever one goes, one hears the same story.

Adverbial Clause of Time into Adverb.

394. After he had made a very short pause he went on again '=' Presently he went on again.'

'You have but two difficulties more to meet with, and when you have overcome these you are in the City': 'and then you are in the City?

EXERCISE 329.

1. I will return before many days pass by. 2. He wrote to me about six months ago, and I have not heard from him since I received that letter. 3. When I was younger I thought so. 4. Give him this information before you do anything else. 5. The commissioners have taken no evidence since they were appointed. 6. It shall be done before I sleep. 7. He was condemned to death, and soon after he was condemned he was executed. 8. I mentioned to him what had happened, but some one had told him before I spoke of it. 9. He reads a great deal, and when he has read a great deal he begins to write. 10. After what has taken place, I will not leave home.

Adverbial Clause of Degree into Adverb.

395. Is the board as long as necessary?''Is the board long enough?' The full clause form is: as long as (it is) necessary (that the board should be long).'

The boy is so active that his activity torments everybody'='The boy is tormentingly active.'

The speech was more brilliant than one would have expected-than was expected''The speech was unexpectedly brilliant.'

EXERCISE 330.

1. The workmen are as dissatisfied as they can be. 2. The progress of the fire was so rapid that all means of extinguishing it were overpowered. 3. Your brother is more diligent than boys usually are. 4. He is not so prudent as he ought to be. 5. Such errors occur oftener than can be excused. 6. The king is so ill that there is no hope of his recovery. 7. He is so ignorant that one cannot but deplore his condition. 8. These men are as miserable as can be. 9. This year the harvest is better than it has been for a long time. 10. The offer is so liberal that one is tempted to accept it.

Adverbial Clause of Belief into Adverb.

396. As sure as fate, that man will be killed' 'That man will certainly (assuredly, undoubtedly, &c.) be killed.'

'As is most likely, we shall meet him' Most likely we shall meet him.'

The Clause of Belief may also take the Conditional form. If I stand here, I saw him' is practically the same in force with 'As sure as I stand here, I saw him.'

EXERCISE 331.

2. He

1. As far as one can judge, it will be fine to-morrow. will miss as sure as he fires. 3. A regent will be appointed, as is most probable. 4. It might be well, as some of us think, to be cautious in the matter. 5. You will repent it, as sure as I tell you. 6. He is tired of inaction, as it seems. 7. As far as I can gather, there will be a close contest. 8. As sure as the ship sails, she will founder. 9. The statement is wrong, as anybody can see. 10. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die.

Adverbial Clause of Cause and Effect into Adverb. 397. The variety is incredible, and as (because, since, seeing that, &c.) the variety is incredible we must search''The variety is incredible, and therefore we must search.'

'I take delight in complying with everything that is agreeable to the old man, and as this is the case I waited on him to the coffee-house': 'and accordingly I waited on him.'

EXERCISE 332.

2. So,

1. He is weary; as he is weary, do not disturb him. I see the man is mad: wherefore, seeing that the man is mad, have ye brought him to me? 3. He was not allowed to take the lead; and since he was not allowed to take the lead he sullenly retired. 4. He persisted in gambling; and as he persisted in gambling he lost his fortune. 5. The king was afraid to fight; and because he was afraid to fight he proposed a treaty. 6. My companion had to hasten forward; since he had to hasten forward he left me behind. 7. Our conditions have been rejected; as they have been rejected we can have nothing further to say. S. He has done me

an injury, and because he has done me an injury he hates me. 9. It may not be avoided, and why since it may not be avoided shouldst thou be so much troubled? 10. Thou art a traitor; because thou art a traitor, die.

Adverbial Clause of Manner (Resemblance) into Adverb. 398. He acts as no careful person would act' ='He acts carelessly!'

'He works for his master as if the whole business belonged to himself'=' He works for his master most conscientiously. The full clause form is as (he would work) if the whole business belonged to himself.'

EXERCISE 333.

1. Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. 2. He shook his head as if he disapproved of the affair. 3. The troops fought as the bravest of men fight. 4. The robber committed the theft as only a most audacious man would have done. 5. The colonists do not write as if they had much hope in their prospects. 6. The boy gained the prize as if it cost him little effort. 7. He works as though he had a thousand years before him. 8. The work was wrought as only the most cunning workmen could have done. 9. They are acting as if they did not in the least care what happened. 10. It stands as though it fain would fall, the old deserted mill.

II. ADVERBIAL CLAUSE replaced by

ADVERBIAL PHRASE.

399. The shorter forms of the ADVERBIAL PHRASE may be given in very wide variety as substitutes for the Adverbial Clause. The Prepositional Phrase has an astonishing range of expression, and may stand for clauses in all shades of adverbial meaning. The verb forms—participle, infinitive, gerund-effect many substitutions of great importance.

1. ADVERBIAL CLAUSE replaced by PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.

Adverbial Clause of Place into Prepositional Phrase. 400. Such is the patriot's boast where'er we roam' in all countries (that we go to).'

:

'Press where ye see my white plume shine amidst the ranks of war' is a more picturesque way of saying Press after my white plume amidst the ranks

of war.'

EXERCISE 334.

1. E'en now, where Alpine solitudes ascend,
I sit me down a pensive hour to spend.

2. Coblenz stands where the Moselle joins the Rhine. 3. The accident happened where the line crosses the river. 4. Where the Celts bordered upon them, the religion of the Germans was corrupted. 5. Oh lead me wheresoe'er I go. 6. Yonder, where the vines are glowing, yonder roars the Rhine. 7. Where there is mystery, it is generally supposed that there must also be evil. 8. The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws. 9. Whither thou goest, I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge.

10. How often have I led thy sportive choir,

With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire.
Where shading elms along the margin grew,

And freshened from the wave the zephyr flew.

Adverbial Clause of Time into Prepositional Phrase. 401. The troops returned home when their time of service expired='The troops returned home at the end of their time of service.'

While the English staid in Britanny, they wasted the country'' During the stay of the English in Britanny, they wasted the country.'

As the showers paused, you heard the rumbling of the earth beneath' In the pauses of the showers you heard the rumbling of the earth beneath.'

verse.

EXERCISE 335.

1. When the fraud was discovered, the regent caused the man to be executed. 2. Great was the fury of Edward when he heard that Bruce had raised the standard of revolt. 3. When beggars die, there are no comets seen. 4. When Addison was in his twentysecond year, he appeared before the public as a writer of English 5. While the child remained under her roof, everything around her prospered. 6. The lad crossed himself devoutly as he recounted the popular legend. 7. The nomadic Arabs shifted their abode whenever the temporary supply of pasturage was exhausted. 8. When the king reached his majority, he surrounded himself with wise counsellors. 9. All the scattered branches of the tribe are assembled whenever there arises any emergency affecting the common weal. 10. Choose me, that I may be unto thee as another son while thou livest, and that when thou diest I may be thine heir.

402. 'Have we lighted upon another lake since we ascended that last hill?'' Have we lighted upon another lake since our ascent of that last hill?'

'Even after the barricade had been passed, there was a terrible half hour of suspense'' Even after the passing of the barricade, there was a terrible half hour of suspense."

'Merlin held King Lot with a tale of prophecy till Nero and his people were destroyed'; or, 'till the destruction of Nero and his people.

EXERCISE 336.

1. I have not seen him since he was a child. 2. The court had taken their seats before Sir Roger came. 3. We did not wait till the performance was over. 4. The night had closed in before the conflict began, 5. Soon after the sun had gone down, flames were seen arising from the camp. 6. Our guide had been growing hourly more stupid since he left his own valley. 7. He was