The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.

The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.
makes a pretty woman’s heart ache.”—­Addison cor. “Lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block.”—­Bible cor. “First person:  Sing.  I, my or mine, me; Plur. we, our or ours, us.”—­Wilbur and Livingston cor. “Second person:  Sing, thou, thy or thine, thee; Plur. ye or you, your or yours, you.”—­Iid. “Third person:  Sing, she, her or hers, her; Plur. they, their or theirs, them.”—­Iid. “So shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.”—­ALGER, BRUCE, ET AL.; Jer., v, 19.  “Second person, Singular:  Nom. thou, Poss. thy or thine, Obj. thee.”—­Frost cor. “Second person, Dual; Nom.  Gyt, ye two; Gen. Incer, of you two; Dat.  Inc, incrum, to you two; Acc.  Inc, you two; Voc.  Eala inc, O ye two; Abl.  Inc, incrum, from you two.”—­Gwilt cor. “Second person, Plural:  Nom.  Ge, ye; Gen. Eower, of you; Dat.  Eow, to you; Acc.  Eow, you; Voc Eala ge, O ye; Abl.  Eow, from you.”—­Id. “These words are, mine, thine, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs, and whose.”—­Cardell cor. “This house is ours, and that is yours.  Theirs is very commodious.”—­Murray’s Gram., p. 55.  “And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds.”—­Bible cor.Whoever and Whichever are thus declined:  Sing.  Nom. whoever, Poss. whosever, Obj. whomever; Plur.  Nom. whoever, Poss. whosever, Obj. whomever.  Sing.  Nom. whichever, Poss. (wanting,) Obj. whichever; Plur.  Nom. whichever, Poss. (wanting,) Obj. whichever.”—­Cooper cor. “The compound personal pronouns are thus declined:  Sing.  Nom. myself, Poss. (wanting,) Obj. myself; Plur.  Nom. ourselves, Poss. (wanting,) Obj. ourselves.  Sing.  Nom. thyself or yourself, Poss. (wanting,) Obj. thyself, &c.”—­Perley cor. “Every one of us, each for himself, laboured to recover him.”—­Sidney cor. “Unless when ideas of their opposites manifestly suggest themselves.”—­Wright cor. “It not only exists in time, but is itself time.”  “A position which the action itself will palpably confute.”—­Id. “A difficulty sometimes presents itself.”—­Id. “They are sometimes explanations in themselves.”—­Id.Ours, Yours, Theirs, Hers, Its.”—­Barrett cor.

   “Theirs, the wild chase of false felicities;
    His, the composed possession of the true.”
        —­Young, N. Th., N. viii, l. 1100.

LESSON III.—­MIXED EXAMPLES.

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