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THE FUNCTIONS OF WORDS.
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fhuaran. Tha an t-astar duilich, cruaidh. Thig laithean frasach,
dorcha, trom. Tha guth na ribhinn ceblmhor. Th^id bean a’
ghreusaiche bho dhorus gu dorus. Tha gruaidh an duine bhochd
gu tana, ban.
208. Labour-Saving Words.—Labour-saving words
are for the purpose of avoiding repetition, e.g.:—
Thuit clacb ague bhris i.
Fell stone and broke it.
!- A stone fell and it broke.
209. Conjunction.—Agus joins the statements thuit
clock and bhris i together. Words which join are called
Conjunctions. Conjunctions are used between two
Verbs, or Predicates, to enable one Noun, or Subject, to
apply to both, as,
Thuit agus bhris clach.
Fell and broke stone.
• A stone fell and broke.
210. Conjunctions are used between two Subjects, or
Nouns, to make one Predicate, or Verb, serve for both, as,
Thuit clach agus maide.
Fell stone and stick.
y A stone and a stick fell.
211. We are enabled by agus to avoid saying Thuit
clach ; thuit maide, and Thuit clach agus bhris a’ chlach.
212. Conjunctions are limited in number, and are
named according to their uses.
213. Copulative.—Agm, contracted to ’m and’s (sometimes
a’>s) = and.
Is is a form which cannot now be differentiated from agus or
its contractions. That it is not a contraction for agus is apparent
in old literature; but there is no reason for retaining it any
longer in the language. No one pretends to know when he is
using ’m (contraction for agus) or is. Its abolition would
remove the difficulty caused by the form is being both a Con¬
junction and a Verb. The spelling of contracted agus as a’s
should be abandoned, because of another a’s which is not a
conjunction.
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fhuaran. Tha an t-astar duilich, cruaidh. Thig laithean frasach,
dorcha, trom. Tha guth na ribhinn ceblmhor. Th^id bean a’
ghreusaiche bho dhorus gu dorus. Tha gruaidh an duine bhochd
gu tana, ban.
208. Labour-Saving Words.—Labour-saving words
are for the purpose of avoiding repetition, e.g.:—
Thuit clacb ague bhris i.
Fell stone and broke it.
!- A stone fell and it broke.
209. Conjunction.—Agus joins the statements thuit
clock and bhris i together. Words which join are called
Conjunctions. Conjunctions are used between two
Verbs, or Predicates, to enable one Noun, or Subject, to
apply to both, as,
Thuit agus bhris clach.
Fell and broke stone.
• A stone fell and broke.
210. Conjunctions are used between two Subjects, or
Nouns, to make one Predicate, or Verb, serve for both, as,
Thuit clach agus maide.
Fell stone and stick.
y A stone and a stick fell.
211. We are enabled by agus to avoid saying Thuit
clach ; thuit maide, and Thuit clach agus bhris a’ chlach.
212. Conjunctions are limited in number, and are
named according to their uses.
213. Copulative.—Agm, contracted to ’m and’s (sometimes
a’>s) = and.
Is is a form which cannot now be differentiated from agus or
its contractions. That it is not a contraction for agus is apparent
in old literature; but there is no reason for retaining it any
longer in the language. No one pretends to know when he is
using ’m (contraction for agus) or is. Its abolition would
remove the difficulty caused by the form is being both a Con¬
junction and a Verb. The spelling of contracted agus as a’s
should be abandoned, because of another a’s which is not a
conjunction.
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