Practical Grammar and Composition Part 7

EXERCISE 14

_Choose the correct form in the following sentences. Punctuate properly._ (_See_ --108):

1. _Yourself you_ and John were mentioned 2. She told Mary and _me myself_ to go with _her herself_.

3. The book is for _you yourself_ and _I me myself_.

4. Henry and _I me myself_ are in the same cla.s.s.

5. He thinks _you yourself_ and _I me myself_ should bring the books.

6. Our friends and _we us ourselves_ are going out to-night.

7. _Herself she_ and her husband have been sick.

8. _They themselves_ and their children have gone abroad.

9. You play the violin better than _he himself_.

10. The machine failed to work well, because _it itself_ and the engine were not properly adjusted to each other.

11. Let them do it _theirselves themselves_.

12. He came by _hisself himself_.

13. The teacher _hisself himself_ could not have done better.

14. I'll bring my gun, and you bring _your'n yours your_ own.

15. That book is _his'n his_.

EXERCISE 15

_Fill the blanks in the following sentences with the proper emphatic or reflexive forms. Punctuate properly._ (_See_ --108):

1. He ---- said so.

2. I ---- will do it.

3. We ---- will look after her.

4. That, I tell you, is ---- book.

5. It belongs to me ----.

6. Those books are my ----.

7. Let them ---- pay for it.

8. The horse is to be for ---- use.

9. The horse is to be for the use of ----.

10. He said it to ----.

11. He deceived ----.

12. I do not wish ---- to be prominent.

32. The COMPOUND RELATIVE p.r.o.nOUNS are formed by adding _ever, so_, or _soever_ to the relative p.r.o.nouns, _who, which_, and _what_; as, _whoever, whatever, whomever, whosoever, whoso, whosoever_, etc. It will be noted that _whoever, whosoever_, and _whoso_ have objective forms, _whomever, whomsoever_, and _whomso_; and possessive forms, _whosoever, whosesoever_, and _whoseso_. These forms must be used whenever the objective or possessive case is demanded.

Thus, one should say, _I will give it to WHOMEVER I find there_.

(See --29 and Note 3.)

EXERCISE 16

_Fill the following blanks with the proper forms of the compound relatives:_

1. We will refer the question to ---- you may name.

2. ---- it may have been, it was not he.

3. I shall receive presents from ---- I wish.

4. It was between him and ---- was with him.

5. ---- they may choose, I will not vote for him.

6. Let them name ---- they think will win.

7. Give it to ---- you think needs it most.

8. He may take ---- he cares to.

9. He will take ---- property he finds there.

10. He promised to ask the question of ---- he found there.

11. ---- can have done it?

12. ---- else may be said, that is not true.

13. There are the two chairs; you may take ---- you like.

14. ---- you take will suit me.

15. You may have ---- you wish.

16. ---- is nominated, will you vote for him?

17. ---- they nominate, I will vote for him.

18. ---- does that is a partizan.

19. ---- candidate is elected, I will be satisfied.

20. He may name ---- he thinks best.

21. ---- he says is worthy of attention.

22. ---- she takes after, she is honest.

23. ---- follows him will be sorry.

24. ---- he may be, he is no gentleman.

25. ---- they do is praised.

33. There are certain words, called ADJECTIVE p.r.o.nOUNS, which are regarded as p.r.o.nouns, because, although they are properly adjective in their meaning, the nouns which they modify are never expressed; as, _One_ (there is a possessive form, _one's_, and a plural form, _ones_), _none, this, that, these, those, other, former, some, few, many_, etc.

34. SOME MISCELLANEOUS CAUTIONS IN THE USE OF p.r.o.nOUNS:

1. The p.r.o.noun _I_ should always be capitalized, and should, when used as part of a compound subject, be placed second; as, _James and I were present, not I and James were present_.

2. Do not use the common and grave forms of the personal p.r.o.nouns in the same sentence; as, _THOU wilt do this whether YOU wish or not_.

3. Avoid the use of personal p.r.o.nouns where they are unnecessary; as, _John, HE did it, or Mary, SHE said_. This is a frequent error in speech.

4. Let the antecedent of each p.r.o.noun be clearly apparent. Note the uncertainty in the following sentence; _He sent a box of cheese, and IT was made of wood_. The antecedent of _it_ is not clear.

Again, _A man told his son to take HIS coat home_. The antecedent of _his_ is very uncertain. Such errors are frequent.

In relative clauses this error may sometimes be avoided by placing the relative clause as near as possible to the noun it limits.

Note the following sentence: _A cat was found in the YARD WHICH wore a blue ribbon_. The grammatical inference would be that the yard wore the blue ribbon. The sentence might be changed to, _A CAT, WHICH wore a blue ribbon, was found in the yard_.

5. Relative clauses referring to the same thing require the same relative p.r.o.noun to introduce them; as, _The book THAT we found and the book THAT he lost are the same_.

6. Use _but that_ when _BUT_ is a conjunction and _that_ introduces a noun clause; as, _There is no doubt BUT THAT he will go_. Use _but what_ when _but_ is a preposition in the sense of _except_; as, _He has no money but (except) WHAT I gave him_.

7. _Them_ is a p.r.o.noun and should never be used as an adjective.

_Those_ is the adjective which should be used in its place; as, _Those people_, not, _Them people_.

8. Avoid using _you_ and _they_ indefinitely; as, _YOU seldom hear of such things, THEY make chairs there_. Instead, say, _ONE seldom hears of such things, Chairs are made there_.

9. _Which_ should not be used with a clause or phrase as its antecedent.

Both the following sentences are wrong: _He sent me to see John, WHICH I did. Their whispering became very loud, which annoyed the preacher_.

10. Never use an apostrophe with the possessive p.r.o.nouns, _its, yours, theirs, ours_ and _hers_.