Studies in English Idiom (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...the verb. With is used with the instrument with which the action is done. Ex. 1 The man was killed by the thief with a knife. 2. The house was robbed by thieves, who broke open the door with a crowbar. 3. The palace is surrounded by a garden. Exercise. Fill in the following spaces with the proper preposition: 1. whom was this book written 2. It was written my friend. 3. The fire was extinguished the firemen, water. 4. The ship was wrecked the storm. 5. The grapes were destroyed the hail, and the church was set on fire lightning. 6. The steam-engine was invented James Watt, who toiled for many years before he could make the instruments which he perfected his machine. At first he was obliged to work inferior tools, so that he could not give his engine the neatness which alone it could be efficient. The old Newcomen engine was kept going a boy who stood by it and opened a tap which he let in the air means of which the steam was condensed at every revolution. this machine, imperfect as it was, some work had been done, and it had been employed a large mine-owner to pump out the water. The first efficient steam-engine was made a Birmingham firm, and it was soon adopted nearly every manufacturer. The revolution in industry that has been effected this machine is astonishing. Soon after, railway-engines were invented Stephenson, and now almost everything is made steam, or electricity, which has to be generated steam. It has been taken. up every nation, and even the Chinese are abandoning the old instruments which they used to manufac ture. Other uses of by. By has further the following meanings: 1. Beside, near. Ex. The house is by the Mosque, by the roadside. 2. In oaths. Ex. He swore by his honour that he would pay the debt By my life, I will never do that 3. Pas...