lady; ladies. boy; boys. man; men.
Declension of Pronouns.
PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
FIRST PERSON. SECOND PERSON-- SECOND PERSON--
_common form_ _old form_.
_Singular. Plural. Singular. Plural. Singular. Plural.
Nom. I, we,* you, you, thou, ye(++) _or_ you
Pos. my _or_ our _or_ your _or_ your _or_ thy _or_ ye(++) _or_ you
mine,+ ours, yours, yours, thine, yours,
Obj. me; us. you; you. thee; you.
[Footnote *: Strictly speaking, _we_ can hardly be the plural of _I_, says
Professor Sweet, for _I_ does not admit of plurality. _We_ means _I_ and
_you_, _I_ and _he_, _I_ and _she_, or _I_ and _they_, etc.]
[Footnote +: The forms _mine_, _ours_, _yours_, _thine_, _hers_, and
_theirs_ are used only when the name of the thing possessed is omitted; as,
_Yours_ is old, _mine_ is new = _Your book_ is old, etc. _Mine_ and _thine_
were formerly used before words beginning with a vowel sound; as, _thine
enemy_, _mine honor_.
The expression _a friend of mine_ presents a peculiar construction. The
explanation generally given is, that _of_ is partitive, and that the
expression is equivalent to _one friend of my friends_.
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