Professing regard, and to act differently, discovers a base mind.
Note 1. He has gone home, but may return.
The attorney executed the deed, but will write no more.
Note 2. I shall walk to-day, unless it rains.
If he acquires riches, they will corrupt his mind.
RULE XXXV.
A noun or pronoun following the conjunction than, as, or but, is nominative to a verb, or governed by a verb or preposition, expressed or understood; as, "Thou art wiser than I [am.">[ "I saw nobody but [I saw] him."
NOTE 1. The conjunction as, when it is connected with such, many, or same, is sometimes, though erroneously, called a relative pronoun; as, "Let such as presume to advise others," &c.; that is, Let them who, &c. See page 116.
2. An ellipsis, or omission of some words, is frequently admitted, which must be supplied in the mind in order to parse grammatically; as "Wo is me;" that is, to me; "To sleep all night;" i.e. through all the night; "He has gone a journey;" i.e. on a journey; "They walked a league;" i.e. over a space called a league.
3. When the omission of words would obscure the sense, or weaken its force, they must be expressed.