3.  The pronouns whichsoever, whatsoever, and the like, are sometimes elegantly divided by the interposition of the corresponding nouns; as, “On which side soever the king cast his eyes,” &c.

    4.  The pronoun what is sometimes improperly used instead of the
    conjunction that; as, “He would not believe but what I was in
    fault.”  It should be “but that,” &c.

FALSE SYNTAX.

    That is the friend who I sincerely esteem.

Not proper, because who, which is the object of the action expressed by the transitive verb “esteem,” is in the nominative case.  It ought to be whom, in the objective; and then it would be governed by esteem, according to Rule 16. (Repeat the Rule:)—­and, also, according to Rule 20.  “That is the friend whom I sincerely esteem.”

    They who much is given to, will have much to answer for.

    From the character of those who you associate with, your own will be
    estimated.

    He is a man who I greatly respect.

    Our benefactors and tutors are the persons who we ought to love, and
    who we ought to be grateful to.

    They who conscience and virtue support, may smile at the caprices of
    fortune.

    Who did you walk with?

    Who did you see there?

    Who did you give the book to?

RULE XVII.

When a relative pronoun is of the interrogative kind, it refers to the word or phrase containing the answer to the question for its subsequent, which subsequent must agree in case with the interrogative; as, “Whose book is that? Joseph’s;” “Who gave you this? John.”

    NOTE.  Whether the interrogative really refers to a subsequent or
    not, is doubtful; but it is certain that the subsequent should agree
    in case with the interrogative.

FALSE SYNTAX.

    Who gave John those books?  Us.  Of whom did you buy them?  Of a
    bookseller, he who lives in Pearl street.

    Who walked with you?  My brother and him.

    Who will accompany me to the country?  Her and me.

RULE XVIII.

Adjectives belong to, and qualify nouns, expressed or understood; as,
“He is a good, as well as a wise man.”

    NOTE 1.  Adjectives frequently belong to pronouns; as, “I am
    miserable; He is industrious.”

2.  Numeral adjectives belong to nouns, which nouns must agree in number with their adjectives, when of the cardinal kind; as, “Ten feet; Eighty fathoms.”  But some anomalous and figurative expressions form an exception to this rule; as, “A fleet of forty sail;” “Two hundred head of cattle.”

    3.  Adjectives sometimes belong to verbs in the infinitive mood, or
    to a part of a sentence; as, “To see is pleasant; To be blind is
    unfortunate; To die for our country is glorious.”