14. Usage is also decidedly in favor of +first two, last three+, etc.,
instead of _two first, three last_, etc.]
Descriptive adjectives used as nouns are plural, and are not declined. Such
expressions as "the _wretched's_ only plea" and "the _wicked's_ den" are
exceptional.
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LESSON 125.
CASE FORMS--PRONOUNS.
The pronouns _I_, _thou_, _he_, _she_, and _who_ are the only words in the
language that have each three different case forms.
+Direction+.--_Study the Declensions, and correct these errors_:--
Our's, your's, hi's, her's, it's, their's, yourn, hisn, hern, theirn.
Construction of Case Forms--Pronouns.
+Caution.--I, we, thou, ye, he, she, they,+ and +who+ are +nominative+
forms, and must not be used in the objective case. +Me, us, thee, him, her,
[Footnote: _Her_ is also a possessive.] them,+ and +whom+ are objective
forms, and must not be used in the nominative case.
Remark.--The eight nominative forms and the seven objective forms here
given are the only distinctive nominative and objective forms in the
language. All the rules of syntax given in the grammars to guide in the use
of the nominative and the objective case apply, practically, only to these
fifteen words.
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