RULE 2d. There a're fev'en kinds of pro'noûns, viż.

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pers'onal, impersonal, rel'ative, demon'strative, interrog'

N. B. The firft' two' a're by fom'e called pronouns

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as pers'ons, viz. three' sing'ular and three plural: The

firft person is he', fhe' or they' who fpeak': The

fec'ond is he', fhe' or they fpok'en to: The third' is he',

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fhe' or they' fpok'en of. It with its plural they being

the sign' of the nêu'ter gender, is called the impers'onal

Singular. ft. I'am'; 2d. thoû' art'; 3d. he, fhe or

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Plural. ft. We are; 2d. ye or you a're; 3d they

The'fe pronouns admit' of nu'mber, pers'on, gender

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and cafe: See rule 19th.p. 127, rule, 21ft. p. 129, and

RULE 4th. You', pro'perly fpeaking, is the 2d pers

on plural; but is, complaifant'ly, applied to one as

well' as to more pers'ons, and always takes a plural

verb; as, you a're and ev'er we're my friend; ladie's

and gentlemen you or ye a're and ev'er ha've been' ver'y

obligʻing: But, we nev'er 'fe the sing'ular instead' of

RULE 5th. We have feen' in p. 125 and p. 126,

that gender has' refpec't to o'nly the third' pers'on sing'.

ular of the pronouns he', m. fhe', f. it, nêu'ter: Yet,

by an idiom peculiar to the E'ng-lifh tong'ue, it is fre

quently join'ed in explanatory fen'tences, to a noûn' or

pronoun of the masculine or fem'inine ge'nder; as, it

wa's (or was it?) he', fhe or they'; It wa's (or was it?)

I', thoû', the gentleman or the gentlemen; the lady or

the ladies that' or who did' it: Was' it? It wa's.

RULE 6th. Poffefs'ive pro'noûns, fo' called because

they exprefs' pofsefs'ion or pro'perty, and therefore i'n

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adjectives; as, my', thy', as, my, thy', his, her', oûr, you'r, their

fa'ther or fathers, mother or mothers, parent or

parents, hoûs'e or hoû'fes, pen' or pen's, &c. We fee that

nu'mbers. Mi'ne, thi'ne, hi's, her's, ou'r's, you'r's, their's

feem' to imply' com'pounds of both fubftantives and

they ftand alone at the end of a phrafe; as, this' boy,

girl', pen', these boy's, girl's, pen's is or are mine,

or thi'ne, or hi's, or her's, or oû'r's, or you'r's, or their's:

The'fe laft' are declin'ed like other pronouns, and are

RULE 7th. In Fren'ch, the poffefs'ive pro'noûns are

governed by the perf'on or thing' ow'ned or poffefs'ed;

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but', in E'ng-lifh y'ice verf'a: for, the owner or possess'

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or go'verns the poffefs'ives his, m. her' and her's', f. and

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My', mi'ne; thy, thi'ne; qu'r, ou'rs; you'r, your's, are

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com'mon to the masculine and fem'inine, as well' as to

the singular and plu'ral; as, hi's broth'er or broth'ers,

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his sifter or sifters, his pen' or pen's; fpeak'ing of perf'

ons or thing's belong'ing to a male: her broth'er or

broth'ers; her sifter or sifters; her pen' or pen's;

fpeak'ing of thing's belong'ing to a female: and, oûr,

you'r, their brother or broth'ers, sift'er or sif'ters, pen' or

pen's; fpeak'ing of a thing' or thing's belong'ing to

plural noûn's of any gender: Is not this' a fin'e log'

of wood'?—I think' it i's; pra'y give me it's dimen'sions.

Abl. from' me', from mi'ne. from' us', from' oûr's.

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vice. What' fa'y you of me, of mine, of us, of our's?

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It belong's to me', to mine, to us, to oû'r's. You will'

oblige me' and mi'ne, us' and our's. Accept this' from

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me, from mine, from us', from our's.