For which reason she is like a cook.
Verbs neuter do not govern an objective case. Observe, therefore, that such phrases: as, "She cried a good one" "He came the old soldier over me," and so forth, are highly improper in a grammatical point of view, to say nothing of other objections to them.
These verbs, however, are capable of governing words of a meaning similar to their own: as, in the affecting ballad of Giles Scroggins—
"I wont, she cried, and screamed a scream."
The verb To Be has the same case after it as that which goes before it: as, "It was I," not "It was me" "The Grubbs were they who eat so much tripe at our last party;" not "The Grubbses were them."
RULE XII.
One verb governs another that depends upon it, in the infinitive mood: as, "Cease to smoke pipes." "Begin to wear collars." "I advise you to shave." "I recommend you to go to church." "I resolved to visit the Carolinas."
"And there I learned to wheel about
And jump Jim Crow."
In general the preposition to is used before the latter of two verbs; but sometimes it is more properly omitted: as, "I saw you take it, young fellow; come along with me." "Let me get hold of you, that's all!" "Did I hear you speak?" "I'll let you know!" "You dare not hit me." "Bid me discourse." "You need not sing."
The proposition for is sometimes unnecessarily intruded into a sentence, in addition to the preposition to, before an infinitive mood: as, How came you for to
