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.
4. In the use of prepositions, and words that relate to each other,
we should pay particular regard to the meaning of the words or
sentences which they connect: all the parts of a sentence should
correspond to each other, and a regular and clear construction
throughout should be carefully preserved.