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f'YNTAX-OBJECTIVE. 171
DOG it was that died "-" A MA:i' he was to all the country dear "-" FEET
was I to the lame "-" Far other SCE:>iE is Thrasymen" now:'
EXERCISES TO BE CORRECTED.
In each of the following sentences, which is the copulative verb!-whnt
is its subject l-what the predicate substantive 1 Correct where it is
wrong, and gi ve the reason for the correction. Thus, me is the predicate
substantive, and ehould be 1, becal!se the subject it is in the nominative.
Rule-" The predicate," &c.
(70G) It is me.-It "'as me who 'Hote the letter, and him
who carried it to the post-office.-I am sure it could not ha,'c
been her.-It is them, you said, who deserve most blame.­
You would probably do the same thing if you were him.-l
understood it to be he.-It may have been -him, but there is no
proof of it.-If I were him, I would go alJroad at once.-1
little thought it had becn him.-It is not me you are in love
with.-Art thou proud yet? Ay, and that I am not thee.
Whom do you think he is?-,\'ho do you think him tQ be?
- ,rhom do men say that I am ?-She is the persoll ,y ho I
understood it to be.-He is the man whom you said it was.­
Let him be whom he may.-Can you tell whom that \Dan ii:l?
-1~ it not him whom you thought it was ?-Thomas lme\\' not
whom it was that called, though quite certain it was not her
who we saw yesterday.-Let the same be she who thou hast
appointed for thy servant 1saac.-He was not the person ,,-!Jom
he affected to be.
THE ()DJECTIVE r:OVER~ED BY VEUBS.
801. RULli: X.-A transitive verb in the (/ctil'e t'oice
goetrll; the objective case; as, "\Ve love hilil."-" He
loves 118. "-" JVhom did they send ?"
802. The infinitive mood, a participle used as a noun, or part of a sentence,
may be the object of a transitive verb, as well as a noun or pronoun;
as, "Boys love to play."-" [ know who is there,"-" I wish that they were
wise."-" You Bee how few have returned."
SPECIAL R GLES.
803. RULE I.-An intransitive verb doe8 n.:'! govern an Objfclit'€ case
(320, 1). Thu8-