THE PARTS OF SPEECH(第2页)
PRONOUN
Apronounisawordusedinplaoun?as,"JohngavehispentoJamesaoJaehercopywithit。"Withoutthepronounswewouldhavetowritethisse;JohngaveJohn'spentoJamesahepeeJane'scopywiththepen。"
&hreekindsofpronouns—PersoiveaivePronouns。
PersonalPronounsaresocalledbecausetheyareusedihenamesofpersohings。ThePersonalProhou,He,She,andIt,withtheirplurals,We,YeorYouandThey。
Iisthepronoupersorepresentsthepersonspeaking。
Thouisthepronounofthesedpersorepresentsthepersoo。
&arethepronouhirdpersoheyrepresenttheperssofeaking。
&hePersonalPronounshavenumber,genderahegehefirstandsedpersonisobvious,astheyrepresentthepersonorpersonsspeakingandthosewhoareaddressed。Thepersonalprohusdeed:
N。B。—IncolloquiallanguageandThou,Thiheeareseldomused,exceptbytheSocietyofFriends。ThePluralformYouisusedforboththenominativeaivesingularinthesedpersonandYenerallyusedinthepossessiveihine。
&ivePronounsaresocalledbecausetheyrelatetosomewbefore?as,"Theboywhotoldthetruth?""Hehasdonewell,whichgivesmegreatpleasure。"
Herewhoandwhiotonlyusediherwords,butwhorefersimmediatelytoboy,andwhichtotheceofhishavingdonewell。
ThewordorclausetowhicharelativepronounrefersiscalledtheA。
&ivePronounsarewho,which,thatand>
liedtopersonsonly?as,"Themanwhowashere。"
liedtotheloweranimalsandthingswithoutlife?as,"ThehorsewhichIsold。""ThehatwhichIbought。"
Thatisappliedtobothpersonsandthings?as,"Thefrie;"Thebirdthatsings。""Theks。"
ouive,ingboththeaherelativeatothatwhich?as,"Ididwhathedesired,"i。e。"Ididthatwhichhedesired。"
&iveprohesingularandpluralalike。
Whoiseithermasinine?whidthataremase,femier?whatasarelativepronounisalwayser。
Thatandwhatareed。
Whoandwhicharethusdeed:
Who,whidwhatwheoaskquestionsareterrogativePronouns。
&ivePronouhenatureofadjedpronounsandaresubdividedasfollows:
&iveAdjeounswhichdiretoutthepersoheyarethis,thatwiththeirpluralsthese,those,andyon,sameandselfsame。
DistributiveAdjeouributively。Theyareeach,every,either,her。
&eAdjeounsusedmoreorlessiheyareany,all,few,some,several,oher,none。
PossessiveAdjeouiheyaremy,thy,his,her,its,our,your,their。
N。B。—(Thepossessiveadjeouhepossessivecaseofthepersonalpronounsierdaloheformerot。"Whoownsthatbook?""Itismi;Youotsay"itismy,"—thewordbookmustberepeated。)
THEVERB
Averbisawordwhichimpliesaorthedoihing,oritmaybedefinedasawordwhichaffirms,andsorasksaquestion。