1. Thou art the God of our fathers.

2. Hallowed be thy name.

3. I would the great world grew like thee.

Thou is rarely used at the present time, except in the worship of God, and in poetry.

1. Ye crags and peaks! I'm with you once again.

2. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

Ye is now rarely used except in poetry and elevated prose.

The personal pronouns of the third person are the simple pronouns he, she, it, and the compound pronouns himself, herself, and itself.

HE, SHE, and IT are declined as follows:

1. It is best to think before speaking.

2. It often happens that we talk too much.

The pronoun it frequently stands for a phrase or a clause which follows it, as in the above sentences.

1. My book lies on your desk.

2. His name stands first on my list.

The pronominal forms my, thy, his, her, its, our, your, and their are used when they stand immediately before a

noun.

Write sentences showing the correct use of each of these pronouns.

1. Yours is the better form for general use, mine is better for me.

2. I have your book, you have mine.

3. We have our friends, you have yours.

The forms mine, thine, ours, yours, and theirs, though possessive in form, are now used in the nominative and objective cases when the noun is omitted.

In parsing a pronoun like yours, in the last example, it is well to state that it is possessive in form, but used in the objective case as the object of the verb have. It is really a substitute for your friends.

In parsing such idiomatic expressions as "this book of mine," "that horse of yours," it is best to parse of mine and of yours as adjective phrases; but mine and yours may be parsed as pronouns, possessive in form, but in the objective case and governed by the preposition of.

XXXVII. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS.

1. Who came this morning?
2. Which do you prefer?

3. What does the man want?

In these sentences the pronouns who, which, and what are used to ask questions and make the sentences interrogative. Pronouns used for this purpose are called interrogative pronouns.

An interrogative pronoun is one used to ask a question.

The interrogative pronouns are who, which, and what.

Who refers only to persons and to things personified. Who usually asks for a person's name; as, Who is that man? But, if the name is known, it often asks for some description; as, Who is Mr. Smith?

Which is used either in the singular or the plural number, and in either the nominative or objective case; Whose is used as its possessive form.

Which may stand for either persons or things; but it differs in meaning from who and what.

When I ask, "Who did this work?" or, "What do you want?" I am presumed to know nothing of the person or thing about whom the inquiry is made. But if I ask, "Which did this work?" or "Which do you want?" I am supposed to know more than one person or thing of the class mentioned.

What is that to you?

He promised to do what he could.

What is used in either the nominative or the objective

case.

The sentences, What is the man's name? What did he say? What have you done to-day? show us that the meaning of what may be singular or plural.

What has no possessive form or use. The meaning of what depends upon the idea in the mind of the questioner.

XXXVIII.— RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

1. The lady, who was here to see you yesterday, called again this morning.

2. Bring me the letters that lie on the table.

3. Is this the train which leaves for New York at six o'clock? 4. Tell me what you have read.

5. He used such materials as could be found.

In these sentences the words who, that, which, and as, used to introduce the clauses which explain some word that goes before them, are called relative pronouns.

The words lady, letters, train, and materials which these pronouns explain are called antecedents.

A relative pronoun is one that relates to a preceding noun or pronoun called the antecedent, and connects the clause which it introduces to the antecedent.

NOTE.

· Relative pronouns are sometimes called conjunctive pronouns, because of their connecting force.

In the fourth sentence we find the word what used to introduce a clause; but we find no word for the clause to explain.

The relative pronoun what is peculiar in this respect; it has no antecedent, but fills the place of both antecedent and relative pronoun.

In sentence number four we might change change what, putting the books that in its place. Our sentence would then be made to read, Tell me the books that you have read.

as.

The relative pronouns are who, which, that, what, and

1. Whosoever will may come.

2. Whichever path you take, will lead you home.

3. Whatever comes, be patient.

These sentences are samples to show the use of the compounds of who, which, and what.

The compounds of who, which, and what are whoever, whosoever, whichever, whichsoever, whatever, whatsoever.

WHO and WHICH are declined as follows:

1. Who told you that?

2. That is all that was said.

3. He did what he could.

4. No one knew what became of him.

5. The men and the animals that are attached to the circus reached the city at midnight.

6. The books that you sent me are delightful.

7. The remark that I objected to ought not to have been made.

8. She wore a bonnet the trimming of which suggested a flower garden.

9. Our Father who art in heaven.

10. I know what you want.

11. Whoever did it ought to be punished.

12. You shall have whichever you choose.

13. I will accept whatever you send. 14. I liked the book you gave me.

15. Whosoever will, may come.