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PDFSing. Nom. which, Plur. Nom. which, Poss. [204]--, Poss. -----, Obj. which; Obj. which.
WHAT, applied ordinarily to things only.[205]
Sing. Nom. what, Plur. Nom.
what,
Poss. ——,
Poss. ——,
Obj. what;
Obj. what.
THAT, applied to persons, animals, and things.
Sing. Nom. that, Plur. Nom.
that,
Poss. ——,
Poss. ——,
Obj. that;
Obj. that.
AS, applied to persons, animals, and things.
Sing. Nom. as, Plur. Nom.
as,
Poss. ——,
Poss. ——,
Obj. as;
Obj. as.
IV. COMPOUND RELATIVES.
The compound relative pronouns, whoever or whosoever, whichever or whichsoever, and whatever or whatsoever[206] are declined in the same manner as the simples, who which, what. Thus:—
WHOEVER or WHOSOEVER, applied only to persons.
Sing. Nom. whoever, Plur. Nom.
whoever,
Poss. whosever,
Poss. whosever,
Obj. whomever;
Obj. whomever.
Sing. Nom. whosoever, Plur. Nom.
whosoever,
Poss. whosesoever,
Poss. whosesoever,
Obj. whomsoever;
Obj. whomsoever.
WHICHEVER or WHICHSOEVER, applied to persons, animals, and things.
Sing. Nom. whichever, Plur. Nom. whichever, Poss. ---------, Poss. --------, Obj. whichever; Obj. whichever.
Sing. Nom. whichsoever, Plur. Nom. whichsoever, Poss. ---------, Poss. --------, Obj. whichsoever; Obj. whichsoever.
WHATEVER or WHATSOEVER, applied ordinarily to things only.
Sing. Nom. whatever, Plur. Nom. whatever, Poss. --------, Poss. --------, Obj. whatever; Obj. whatever.
Sing. Nom. whatsoever, Plur. Nom. whatsoever, Poss. ---------, Poss. --------, Obj. whatsoever; Obj. whatsoever.
OBSERVATIONS.
OBS. 1.—Most of the personal pronouns have two forms of the possessive case, in each number: as, my or mine, our or ours; thy or thine, your or yours; her or hers, their or theirs. The former is used before a noun expressed, or when nothing but an adjective intervenes; the latter, when the governing noun is understood, or is so placed that a repetition of it is implied in or after the pronoun: as,
