called interrogative pronouns when used in asking questions.

Whoever, whatever, and sometimes what, are called compound relative pronouns; they represent a noun and relative pronoun.

Interrogative pronouns are the same as relative only their antecedents cannot be determined till the answer is given to the question.

EXAMPLES FOR PARSING,

In which the division of the pronouns should be repeated.

William is a wise man, he acts prudently. William...........a noun. A noun is the name of any.

is....................... a verb.

a..................an article.

wise........an adjective.

man.................a noun.

he, a personal pronoun. acts................. verb.

thing that we can see,
hear, &c.

A verb is a part of speech
which signifies to be, to
act, or to receive an action.
An article is a part of speech.
placed before nouns.
An adjective is a word used

to express some quality or
property of a noun, or to
show the extent of its sig-
nification.

A noun is the name of any
thing we can see, &c.
I, thou, he, she, it, are called
personal pronouns.
A verb is a part of speech
which signifies to be, to
act, or to receive an action.

prudently...an adverb. An adverb is a word used to

modify the meaning of a verb, participle, adjective, or another verb.

The diligent farmer generally raises a good

crop.

James and John went from the city to Darby in a chair.

Thomas is a man who is very useful; he is kind to poor people.

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

Thou art a friend whom I love sincerely.

The true worship of God is an important and awful service.

Who is like unto the Lord in glory?

The book which I bought, is a very valuable treatise.

William Penn, who founded Philadelphia, was a very pious man.

Nouns and pronouns are varied in person, number, gender, and case.

PERSON.

Nouns and pronouns have three persons, the first, second, and third, which denote the speaker, the person spoken to, and the person or thing spoken of.

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The first person denotes the speaker; as, “I, John, declare it."

The second person denotes the person spoken to; as, "James, thou must go.

The third person denotes the person or thing spoken of; as, "John reads his book."

NUMBER.

Nouns and pronouns have two numbers, the singular and plural.

The singular number implies but one; as book.

The plural number expresses more than one; as books.

The plural number of nouns is regularly formed by adding s or es to the singular, as, book, books; bush, bushes.

But many plurals are formed irregularly; as man, men; foot, feet; child, children.

If the singular end in y preceded by a consonant, the plural must end in ies; as, beauty, beauties. If the singular end in for fe, the plural must end in ves; as, knife, knives; wolf, wolves, &c. except relief, reproof, and some others.

Some nouns have no plural; as, wheat, rye, pitch, gold. Some have no singular; as bellows, lungs, tongs, scissors.

Some are used alike in both numbers; as sheep, deer, fern, hose, means.

Some appear to have a plural termination that are in the singular number; as news, measles, odds, gallows.

EXAMPLES FOR PARSING,

In which the person and number of nouns and pronouns should be defined.

The person and number of relative pronouns are determined only by their antecedents, with which they agree.

Sarah and thou art happy.

Sarah, a noun, of the third person singular.

The third person denotes the person or thing spoken of.

The singular number implies but one.

and, a conjunction. A conjunction is a word used to join words or sentences together, and to show the manner of their dependance on each other. thou, a personal pronoun, of the second person singular. I, thou, he, she, it, are called personal pronouns.

The second person denotes the person spoken to
The singular number implies but one.

are, a verb. A verb is a part of speech which signi
fies to be, to act, or to receive an action.
happy, an adjective. An adjective is a word used to
express some quality or property of a noun,
or to show the extent of its signification.

Flattering friends are worse than open ene

mies.

Thy brother and thou are very industrious; you study diligently.

Children, be obedient to your parents, and honour them.

How greatly the kind offices of an affectionate child gladden the heart of a parent, especially when sinking under age or infirmities!

They and we have need of more stability and sobriety.

CASE.

Case is a change or difference in the termination or situation of a noun or pronoun. Nouns and pronouns have three cases, the nominative, possessive, and objective.

The nominative case is simply the name of a thing, or the state of a noun or pronoun when it is the subject of a verb; as I walk.

The possessive case denotes property or pos session; as thy book.

The possessive case of nouns is generally formed by adding s with an apostrophe to the nominative, or an apostrophe only in the plural number when the nominative ends in s.

The objective case is the state of a noun or pronoun, when it is the object of a transitive verb, participle, or preposition; as I taught her.

The objective case of nouns has the same form as the nominative, and is only distinguished by the rela-, tion in which it is used, or its situation in the sentence.

GENDER.

There are

Gender is the distinction of sex. three genders, the masculine, feminine, and neuter.

The masculine gender denotes animals of the male kind.

The feminine gender denotes animals of the female kind.

The neuter gender is applied to things that are neither male nor female.

Some nouns, naturally neuter, are, by a figure of speech called personification, converted into the masculine or feminine gender. Sun, time, death, sleep, are masculine. Earth, moon, boat, vessel, city, church, country, nature, gun, watch, fortune, soul, ship, fiddle, and virtue and vice, with their different species, are feminine.

Some nouns are either masculine or feminine; as Parent, child, cousin, friend, servant, neighbour, person, &c.