them a part of their books. A part of theirs may be a part of them.

17. N., about a of her own books.

15. Narration, about Books. They have in them parts of their leaves. A part of theirs may be a part of them. 16. N., about a Boy. He, himself, has before himself a part of his own books. A part of his own may be a part of himself. Girl. She, herself, has before herself a part A part of her own may be a part of herself. Book. The book, itself, has in itself a part of its own leaves. A part of itsown may be a part of itself. 19. N., about Boys and Girls. They, themselves, have before themselves a part of their own books. A part of their own may be a part of themselves.

18. N., about a

20. N., about Books. The books, themselves, have in themselves parts of their own leaves. A part of their own may be a part of themselves.

The Syntax of Pronouns.

114. Sixth, the SYNTAX OF PRONOUNS.

115. RULE I.

Rules for Position.

The pronoun must stand in the place of its antecedent or noun, which it personates.

116. RULE II. When both the pronoun and its antecedent are expressed, the antecedent must be considered as explanatory of the pronoun, and therefore in apposition with the pronoun.

EXAMPLES.

1. He, the witness, had not seen her, the woman, since the transaction.

Parsing. Witness is a subj. prop. word noun; masc., third, sing., nom. Witness has the nominative case, because it is an antecedent noun used with its own pronoun.

117. RULE III. A compound pronoun must follow the noun, or the simple pronoun with which it is used, except it be in the possessive case.

2. I, Paul, myself, write these things with mineown hands.

Rules for Attributes.

118. RULE IV. A pronoun, as far as its modifications permit, must show the Gender, Person, Number, and Case of its antecedent or noun, which it personates.

119. RULE V. A pronoun, which is used to personate two or more nouns, must take the Plural form or modification.

3. Julia and Anna sing very sweetly, and they deserve much praise for their perseverance while learning.

4. The boy put my hat here, and your hat there; but, why he placed them so, I do not know.

120. RULE VI. A pronoun, which personates a noun used figuratively must show the attributes belonging to the noun in its figurative sense.

5. I saw the moon in the sky leading her virgin host.

121. RULE VII. When its antecedent has a distributive adjunct, the pronoun must show the Singular Number.

6. We, George the Third, King of Great Britain, do hereby enjoin upon our subjects, the necessity of being truly loyal, etc.

7. Every man should think that he is responsible for his own actions.

8. They gave to each woman, as much food as her family needed.

NOTE I. If the noun personated have the common gender and a distributive adjunct, it may be personated by he; although, many use "he, or she." Many use the personator, they; this in the English, is always a gross error. In many other languages, as, the Latin, Greek, etc., it is correct.

9. Grant to every person in this house that he may be in the spirit. Grant to every person in this presence that she, or he may be in the spirit.

Error. Grant to every person in this house, that they may be in the spirit.

Analysis of the Pronoun.

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1. When John' comes, we will take a ride3. He"1 may ride3 the black, you"1 may ride" the white, and' I' will ride the grey horse3.

General Analysis, Logical and Rhetorical.

Grammatical Analysis or Parsing. We is a simple pronoun. By its form, it shows the first person, plural number, nominative case, of its antecedent subject noun, which is the name of the narrators. PRINCIPLE. We shows these attributes of its antecedent noun; because, a pronoun, by its form, must show the person, number, and case of its antecedent. Hence, RULE IV. It is declined; Sing., Nom., I; Obj., ME; Poss., MY, MINE, OF ME. Plural, Nom., WE (Here!); Obj., us; Poss., OUR, OUrs, of us.

2. The people prostrated themselves before him.

Special Analysis. Themselves, logically, is the receiver or Third primary idea; it is used, rhetorically, to personate the first object, people; THEREFORE, themselves, grammatically, is a Pronoun. It is a compound Pronoun; by its form, it shows the third person, plural number of its antecedent noun, people; according to Rule IV. It is declined; Sing., Nom., Obj., Voc., HIMSELF, HERSELF; Poss., HISOWN, HEROWN, OF HIMSELF, OF HERSELF. Plural, Nom., THEMSELVES; Obj., THEMSELVES (Here!); Poss., THEIROWN, OF THEMSELVES.

first, the Positive Degree is the first or radical form

Rules for Attributes; Rules III., IV., V., VI., VII.