8.  Dost ——­ talk of revenge? ——­ conscience, it seems, has grown dull.
9.  As a Christian ——­ art obliged to forgive ——­ enemy.
10.  Did you never bear false witness against ——­ neighbor?
11.  The shepherd ran after a sheep and caught ——­ just as ——­ was
    jumping over a hedge.
12.  The hen gathered ——­ brood under ——­ wing.
13.  This is a book which I have never read, but one ——­ is recommended by
    Mrs. M.

EXERCISE XXXV.

1.  Write the following note in clear and correct form, using the third person:—­

“Mr. Smith presents his compliments to Mr. Jones, and finds he has a cap which isn’t mine.  So, if you have a cap which isn’t his, no doubt they are the ones."[61]

2.  Write a formal note in the third person, asking an acquaintance to dine with you at a certain hour in order that you may consult with him about some matter of importance.

3.  Write a note in the third person accepting or declining this invitation.

4.  Write a formal note in the third person to some gentleman to whom you have a letter of introduction, asking when it will be convenient to have you call.

5.  Write a notice in the third person offering a reward for the recovery of a lost article.

SINGULAR or PLURAL PRONOUNS.[62]—­The rule that a pronoun should be in the same number as its antecedent is violated most commonly in connection with such expressions as “any one,” “each,” “either,” “every,” “man after man,” “neither,” “nobody.”  Grammatically such expressions are singular.

“He” ("his,” “him”) may stand for mankind in general and include women as well as men.

[61] Quoted in “Foundations,” p. 74. [62] “Foundations,” pp. 75-76.

EXERCISE XXXVI.

Fill the blanks with the proper pronouns:—­

1.  Many a brave man met ——­ death in the war. 2.  Has everybody finished ——­ exercise? 3.  If any one has not finished let ——­ hold up ——­ hand. 4.  It is true that this is a free country; but that does not mean that
   every one may do as ——­ please (pleases).
5.  Either John or Harry will let you look on ——­ book. 6.  Let each take ——­ turn. 7.  If anybody but John had come, we would not have admitted ——. 8.  Any one who wishes may have a ribbon to wear in ——­ button-hole. 9.  Neither Bois-Guilbert nor Front de Boeuf found himself (them selves) a
   match for the unknown knight who challenged ——.
10.  Every kind of animal has ——­ own proper food. 11.  Not an officer, not a private escaped getting ——­ clothes wet. 12.  The Senate has (have) instructed ——­ conferees to yield to the demand
    of the conferees of the House of Representatives.
13.  Everybody has possessions of some kind which ——­ prize (prizes)
    highly.
14.  It is a shame that each of the men, when ——­ draw (draws) ——­