Note 6 — Section 87. DR. JOHNSON ON[1] DEBT.
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When verbs and adjectives, governing a preposition, are used in a principal clause and are followed by a subordinate clause, either in the form of a supine (i.e. an infinitive with zu, see S. 1, N. 2) or beginning with a subordinative conjunction, the adverb da, in connection with the preposition required, is generally placed in the principal clause; as—
Return to Section 87. DR. JOHNSON ON[1] DEBT.Return to Section 190. THE FAVOURITE HARES. IV.Return to Section 199. ANECDOTES OF[1] GREAT STATESMEN.Return to Section 199. ANECDOTES OF[1] GREAT STATESMEN.Return to Section 207. THE KING AND THE MILLER. I.Return to Section 218. THE BURNING OF MOSCOW. II.Return to INDEX TO THE GRAMMATICAL RULES AND IDIOMATIC RENDERINGS.