Graded Lessons in English Part 33

_Singular_. _Plural_.

_Nom._ you, you, _Pos._ your _or_ yours, your _or_ yours, _Obj._ you; you.

SECOND PERSON--_old form_.

_Singular_. _Plural_.

_Nom._ thou, ye or you, _Pos._ thy _or_ thine, your _or_ yours, _Obj._ thee; you.

THIRD PERSON--_masculine_.

_Singular_. _Plural_.

_Nom._ he, they, _Pos._ his, their _or_ theirs, _Obj._ him; them.

THIRD PERSON--_feminine_.

_Singular_. _Plural_.

_Nom._ she, they, _Pos._ her _or_ hers, their _or_ theirs, _Obj._ her; them.

THIRD PERSON----_neuter_.

_Singular_. _Plural_.

_Nom._ it, they, _Pos._ its, their _or_ theirs, _Obj._ it; them.

_Mine, ours, yours, thine, hers_, and _theirs_ are used when the name of the thing possessed is omitted; as, This rose is _yours_ = This rose is _your rose_.

COMPOUND PERSONAL p.r.o.nOUNS.

By joining the word _self_ to the possessive forms _my, thy, your_, and to the objective forms _him, her, it_, the +_Compound Personal p.r.o.nouns_+ are formed. They have no possessive case, and are alike in the nominative and the objective.

Their plurals are _ourselves_, _yourselves_, and _themselves_. Form the _compound personal p.r.o.nouns_, and write their declension.

RELATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE p.r.o.nOUNS.

_Sing. and Plu._ _Nom._ who, _Pos._ whose, _Obj._ whom.

_Sing. and Plu._ _Nom._ which, _Pos._ whose, _Obj._ which.

_Of which_ is often used instead of the possessive form of the latter p.r.o.noun.

_Sing. and Plu._ _Nom._ that, _Pos._ ----, _Obj._ that.

_Sing. and Plu._ _Nom._ what, _Pos._ ----, _Obj._ what.

_Ever_ and _soever_ are added to _who, which_, and _what_ to form the +_Compound Relative p.r.o.nouns_+. They are used when the antecedent is omitted. For declension, see above.

LESSON 84.

POSSESSIVE FORMS.

+RULE.--The _possessive case_ of nouns is formed in the singular by adding to the nominative the apostrophe and the letter _s_ ('s); in the plural, by adding (') only. If the plural does not end in _s_, the apostrophe and the _s_ are both added+.

Write the _possessive singular_ and the _possessive plural_ of the following nouns, and place an appropriate noun after each.

Robin, friend, fly, hero, woman, bee, mouse, cuckoo, fox, ox, man, thief, fairy, mosquito, wolf, shepherd, farmer, child, neighbor, cow.

Possession may be expressed also by the preposition _of_ and the _objective_; as, the _mosquito's_ bill = the bill _of_ the _mosquito_.

The possessive sign ('s) is confined _chiefly_ to the names of persons and animals.

We do not say the _chair's_ legs, but the legs _of_ the _chair_. Regard must be had also to the _sound_.

IMPROVE THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS, and expand each into a simple sentence.

The sky's color; the cloud's brilliancy; the rose's leaves; my uncle's partner's house; George's father's friend's farm; the mane of the horse of my brother; my brother's horse's mane.

When there are several possessive nouns, all belonging to one word, the possessive sign is added to the last only. If they modify different words, the sign is added to each.

CORRECT THE FOLLOWING EXPRESSIONS, and expand each into a simple sentence.

+Model+.--_Webster and Worcester's dictionary may be bought at Ticknor's and Field's book-store_.

The possessive sign should be added to _Webster_, for the word _dictionary_ is understood immediately after. Webster and Worcester do not together possess the same dictionary. The sign should not be added to _Ticknor_, for the two men, Tieknor and Field, possess the same store.

Adam's and Eve's garden; Jacob's and Esau's father; Shakespeare and Milton's works; Maud, Kate, and Clara's gloves; Maud's, Kate's, and Clara's teacher was ----.

When one possessive noun is explanatory of another, the possessive sign is added to the last only.

CORRECT THE FOLLOWING ERRORS.

I called at Tom's the tinker's.

They listened to Peter's the Hermit's eloquence.

This was the Apostle's Paul's advice.

CORRECT THE FOLLOWING ERRORS.

Our's, your's, hi's, their's, her's, it's, hisn, yourn, hern.

LESSON 85.

FORMS OF THE p.r.o.nOUN.