Gov. And now for Grammar. What is Grammar?
Flib. A nuisance.
Gov. I don’t want your opinion of Grammar, Flibbie, I want your definition of it.
Flib. Please, Governess, I cannot give my definition of it, but I can give Webster’s.
Gov. Very well, Flibbie.
Flib. Grammar is “the science of language; the theory of human speech; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another.”
Gov. Very good indeed, Flibbie. Now, what is a Conjunction?
Flib. It is a place where different lines of railways meet. There’s one at Clapham.
Gov. No, Flibbie, you are thinking of a Junction. What is a Conjunction?
Flib. Oh, I beg your pardon! A Conjunction is “a connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to unite sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words.” Also Webster. And, please, Governess, there is a little point of grammar that has always puzzled me. Will you kindly explain it?