Chapter 124

PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS.

§ 390. _Prepositions._--Prepositions are wholly unsusceptible of inflection.

§ 391. _Conjunctions._--Conjunctions, like prepositions, are wholly unsusceptible of inflection.

§ 392. _Yes_, _no_.--Although _not_ may be considered to be an adverb, _nor_ a conjunction, and _none_ a noun, these two words, the direct categorical affirmative, and the direct categorical negative, are referable to none of the current parts of speech. Accurate grammar places them in a class by themselves.

§ 393. _Particles._--The word particle is a collective term for all those parts of speech that are _naturally_ unsusceptible of inflection; comprising, 1, interjections; 2, direct categorical affirmatives; 3, direct categorical negatives; 4, absolute conjunctions; 5, absolute prepositions; 6, adverbs unsusceptible of degrees of comparison; 7, inseparable prefixes.

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