, used in a general way, and without any word
expressed to which they relate.
If the speaker is ignorant of the name of a person or a thing and asks for
it, he uses _who_, _which_, or _what_; as, _Who_ did that? These pronouns,
used in asking questions, are called +Interrogative Pronouns+.
Instead of naming things a speaker may indicate them by words pointing them
out as near or remote; as, Is _that_ a man? What is _this_? or by words
telling something of their number, order, or quantity; as, _None_ are
perfect; The _latter_ will do; _Much_ has been done. Such words we call
+Adjective Pronouns+.
DEFINITIONS.
+A _Noun_ is the name of anything+. [Footnote: Most common nouns are
derived from roots that denote qualities. The root does not necessarily
denote the most essential quality of the thing, only its most obtrusive
quality. The sky, a shower, and scum, for instance, have this most
noticeable feature; they are a cover, they hide, conceal. This the root
+sku+ signifies, and _sku_ is the main element in the words _sky_, _shower_
(Saxon _scu:r_), and _scum_ that name these objects, and in the adjective
_obscure_.
A noun denoting at first only a single quality of its object comes
gradually, by the association of this quality with the rest, to denote them
all.
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