continued.”—­Id. “This by no means prevents them from being also punishments.”—­Wayland cor. “This hinders them not from being also, in the strictest sense, punishments.”—­Id. “The noise made by the rain and wind, prevented them from being heard.”—­Goldsmith cor. “He endeavoured to prevent it from taking effect.”—­Id. “So sequestered as to prevent them from being explored.”—­Jane West cor. “Who prevented her from making a more pleasant party.”—­Same.  “To prevent us from being tossed about by every wind of doctrine.”—­Same.  “After the infirmities of age prevented him from bearing his part of official duty.”—­R.  Adam cor. “To prevent splendid trifles from passing for matters of importance.”—­Kames cor. “Which prevents him from exerting himself to any good purpose.”—­Beattie cor. “The nonobservance of this rule very frequently prevents us from being punctual in the performance of our duties.”—­Todd cor. “Nothing will prevent him from being a student, and possessing the means of study.”—­Id. “Does the present accident hinder you from being honest and brave?”—­Collier cor. “The e is omitted to prevent two Ees from coming together.”—­Fowle cor. “A pronoun is used for, or in place of, a noun,—­to prevent a repetition of the noun.”—­Sanborn cor. “Diversity in the style relieves the ear, and prevents it from being tired with the frequent recurrence of the rhymes.”—­Campbell cor.; also Murray.  “Timidity and false shame prevent us from opposing vicious customs.”—­Mur. et al. cor. “To prevent them from being moved by such.”—­Campbell cor. “Some obstacle, or impediment, that prevents it from taking place.”—­Priestley cor. “Which prevents us from making a progress towards perfection.”—­Sheridan cor. “This method of distinguishing words, must prevent any regular proportion of time from being settled.”—­Id. “That nothing but affectation can prevent it from always taking place.”—­Id. “This did not prevent John from being acknowledged and solemnly inaugurated Duke of Normandy.”  Or:  “Notwithstanding this, John was acknowledged and solemnly inaugurated Duke of Normandy.”—­Henry, Webster, Sanborn, and Fowler cor.

UNDER NOTE X.—­THE LEADING WORD IN SENSE.

“This would make it impossible for a noun, or any other word, ever to be in the possessive case.”—­O.  B. Peirce cor. “A great part of our pleasure arises from finding the plan or story well conducted.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “And we have no reason to wonder that this was the case.”—­Id. “She objected only, (as Cicero says,) to Oppianicus