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ETYMOLOGY-PRONOUNS.
PARSING.
253. Personal pronouns are parsed nearly like the
substantives for which they stand (182). Thus," I love"
-/ is a pronoun of the first person, masculine or feminine,
in the nominative singular.
As an additional exercise, a reason may be assigned for each statement.
thuB:-
I is 1\ pronoun, because it shnds for a noun or name.
perBonal,-its form determines its person.
first person,-it represenh the speaker.
Ma8culine, or Feminine,-it denotes male 01' female.
Nom;nalive.-Bubject (595) of loue.
Singular,-it denotes but one.
254. PRELIMINARY ORAL EXERCISE.
What is a pronoun (228)? What is a personal pronoun (233) 1 In the
sentence, .. John is in the garden; he says it is full of trees," for what
noun. or name, does the word he ptand 1 Then what part of speech is he I
Why? For what noun does the word it stand I-then what part of speech
is itt Why' What other words stand instead of nouns? (Writc a list
of them on the blackboa:d.)
Write sentences, each containing one of these pronouns, ond tell for
what noun it stands.
Select the personal pronouns from sentences in any readiDg.les,oD, or
book, and say for what nouns they stand.
EXERCISES.
1. Parse the following list, as directed (253).-1, thou, W(I,
me, us, thine, he, him, she, hers, they, thee, them. its, theirs,
you, her, ours, yours, mine, his, it ;-myself, ourselves, yourself,
himself, themselves.
2. Select the personal pronouns in the following sE'ntences, and parse
them; if of the first or Eecond person, state what they designate; if of the
third, state the nouns for which they stand.
James says he is older than I; but I am taller than he.­
'rhat book i's mine; take it and read it.-Let them do it themselves.-When
you learn the lesson, come to me, and I ... ill
hear you say it.-They will go when we return.-Thou art the
man.-Your knife is sharper than mine; lend it to me, if you
please, till I mend my pen.
3. Write sentences, each of which shall contain n plonoun in the nominative
o8se-in the possessive case-in the objective case.
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