a preposition that governs nothing? 77.  Why do those teach just as inconsistently, who forbear to call the to a preposition? 78.  What objections are there to the rule, with its exceptions, “One verb governs an other in the infinitive mood?” 79.  What large exception to this rule has been recently discovered by Dr. Bullions? 80.  Are the countless examples of this exception truly elliptical? 81.  Is the infinitive ever governed by a preposition in French, Spanish, or Italian? 82.  What whimsical account of the English infinitive is given by Nixon? 83.  How was the infinitive expressed in the Anglo-Saxon of the eleventh century? 84.  What does Richard Johnson infer from the fact that the Latin infinitive is sometimes governed by a preposition? 85.  What reasons can be adduced to show that the infinitive is not a noun? 86.  How can it be proved that to before the infinitive is a preposition? 87.  What does Dr. Wilson say of the character and import of the infinitive? 88.  To what other terms can the infinitive be connected? 89.  What is the infinitive, and for what things may it stand? 90.  Do these ten heads embrace all the uses of the infinitive? 91.  What is observed of Murray’s “infinitive made absolute?” 92.  What is said of the position of the infinitive? 93.  Is the infinitive ever liable to be misplaced?

LESSON XXVI.—­VERBS.

94.  What is observed of the frequent ellipses of the verb to be, supposed by Allen and others? 95.  What is said of the suppression of to and the insertion of be; as, “To make himself be heard?” 96.  Why is it necessary to use the sign to before an abstract infinitive, where it shows no relation? 97.  What is observed concerning the distinction of voice in the simple infinitive and the first participle? 98.  What do our grammarians teach concerning the omission of to before the infinitive, after bid, dare, feel, &c.? 99.  How do Ingersoll, Kirkham, and Smith, agree with their master Murray, concerning such examples as, “Let me go?” 100.  What is affirmed of the difficulties of parsing the infinitive according to the code of Murray? 101.  How do Nutting, Kirkham, Nixon, Cooper, and Sanborn, agree with Murray, or with one an other, in pointing out what governs the infinitive? 102.  What do Murray and others mean by “neuter verbs,” when they tell us that the taking of the infinitive without to “extends only to active and neuter verbs?” 103.  How is the infinitive used after bid? 104.  How, after dare? 105.  How, after feel? 106.  How, after hear? 107.  How, after let? 108.  How, after make? 109.  How, after need? 110.  Is need ever an auxiliary? 111.  What errors are taught by Greenleaf concerning dare and need or needs? 112.  What is said of see, as governing the infinitive? 113.  Do any other verbs, besides these eight, take the infinitive after them without to? 114.  How is the infinitive used after have, help, and find? 115.  When two or more infinitives occur in the same construction, must to be used with each? 116.  What is said of the sign to after than or as?