RULE XXVI.

Participles have the same government as the verbs have from which they

are derived; as, "I saw the tutor _instructing_ his _pupils_."

NOTE. The present participle with the definite article _the_ before

it, becomes a noun, and must have the preposition _of_ after it.

_The_ and _of_ must both be used, or both be omitted; as, "By _the_

observing _of_ truth, you will command respect;" or, "By observing

truth," &c.

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