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"A work on english grammar and composition"

_To be_ or _not to be_--_that_ is the question. _It_ is
doubtful _whether the North Pole will ever be reached_. _The sails turned,
the corn was ground_, after _which_ the wind ceased. _Ought you to go_? I
cannot answer _that_. In the first of these sentences, _that_ stands for a
phrase; in the last, for a sentence. _It_ and _which_ in the second and
third sentences stand for clauses.
4. _Which_, retaining its office as connective, may as an adjective
accompany its noun; as, I craved his forbearance a little longer, _which
forbearance_ he allowed me.]
+A _Personal Pronoun_ is a pronoun that by its form denotes the speaker,
the one spoken to, or the one spoken of+.
+A _Relative Pronoun_ is one that relates to some preceding word or words
and connects clauses+.
+An _Interrogative Pronoun_ is one with which a question is asked+.
+An _Adjective Pronoun_ is one that performs the offices of both an
adjective and a noun+.
The simple personal pronouns are:--_I, thou, you, he, she, and it_.
The compound personal pronouns are:--_Myself, thyself, yourself, himself,
herself, and itself_.
The simple relative pronouns are:--_Who, which, that_, and _what_.
[Footnote: _As_, in such sentences as this: Give such things _as_ you can
spare, may be treated as a relative pronoun.


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