“Uttereth unto day.”  Ques. What unto night?  Ans. “Showeth unto night” For the meaning is—­“Day uttereth speech unto day, and night showeth knowledge unto night.”  To parse rightly, is, to understand rightly; and what is well expressed, it is a shame to misunderstand or misinterpret.  But sometimes the position of the two nouns is such, that it may require some reflection to find either; as,

   “Or that choice plant, so grateful to the nose,
    Which in I know not what far country grows.”—­Churchill, p. 18.

OBS. 3.—­When a preposition begins or ends a sentence or clause, the terms of relation, if both are given, are transposed; as, “To a studious man, action is a relief.”—­Burgh.  That is, “Action is a relief to a studious man.” “Science they [the ladies] do not pretend TO.”—­Id. That is, “They do not pretend to science.”  “Until I have done that which I have spoken to thee OF.”—­Gen., xxviii, 15.  The word governed by the preposition is always the subsequent term of the relation, however it may be placed; and if this be a relative pronoun, the transposition is permanent.  The preposition, however, may be put before any relative, except that and as; and this is commonly thought to be its most appropriate place:  as, “Until I have done that of which I have spoken to thee,” Of the placing of it last, Lowth says, “This is an idiom which our language is strongly inclined to;” Murray and others, “This is an idiom to which our language is strongly inclined:”  while they all add, “it prevails in common conversation, and suits very well with the familiar style in writing; but the placing of the preposition before the relative, is more graceful, as well as more perspicuous, and agrees much better with the solemn and elevated style.”—­Lowth’s Gram., p. 95; Murray’s, 8vo, p. 200; Fisk’s, 141; R.  C. Smiths, 167; Ingersoll’s, 227; Churchill’s. 150.

OBS. 4.—­The terms of relation between which a preposition may be used, are very various.  The former or antecedent term may be a noun, an adjective, a pronoun, a verb, a participle, or an adverb:  and, in some instances, we find not only one preposition put before an other, but even a conjunction or an interjection used on this side; as, “Because OF offences.”—­“Alas FOR him!”—­The latter or subsequent term, which is the word governed by the preposition, may be a noun, a pronoun, a pronominal adjective, an infinitive verb, or an imperfect or preperfect participle:  and, in some instances, prepositions appear to govern adverbs, or even whole phrases.  See the observations in the tenth chapter of Etymology.