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is man this wisdom, and these mighty works?"--_Matt._, xiii, 54. "But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?"--_1 Cor._, xv, 35. "The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit."--_Ib._, 45. So, when one pronominal adjective "precedes an other, the former must be taken simply as an adjective;" as,
"Those suns are set. O rise some other such!" --_Cowper's Task_, B. ii, l. 252.
OBS. 14.--Pronominal adjectives, when their nouns are not expressed, may be parsed as representing them in _person, number, gender_, and _case_; but those who prefer it, may supply the ellipsis, and parse the adjective, simply as an adjective. Example: "He threatens many, who injures one."--Kames. Here it may be said, "Many is a pronominal adjective, meaning _many persons_; of the third person, plural number, masculine gender, and objective case." Or those who will take the word simply as an adjective, may say, "Many is a pronominal adjective, of the positive degree, compared _many, more, most_, and relating to persons understood." And so of "one," which represents, or relates to, person understood. Either say, "One is a pronominal adjective, not compared," and give the three definitions accordingly; or else say, "One is a pronominal adjective, relating to person understood; of the third person, singular number, masculine gender, and objective case," and give the six definitions accordingly.
OBS. 15.--Elder for older, and eldest for oldest, are still frequently used; though the ancient positive, eld for old, is now obsolete. Hence some have represented old as having a two-fold comparison; and have placed it, not very properly, among the irregular adjectives. The comparatives elder