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f the world are come."--_1 Cor._, x, 11.
"Be thou the first true merit to befriend; His praise is lost, who stays till all commend."--Pope.
CLASSES.
Pronouns are divided into three classes; _personal, relative_, and interrogative.
I. A personal pronoun is a pronoun that shows, by its form, of what person it is; as, "Whether _it_[187] were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed."--_1 Cor._, xv, 11.
The simple personal pronouns are five: namely, I, of the first person; thou, of the second person; _he, she_, and it, of the third person.
The compound personal pronouns are also five: namely, myself, of the first person; thyself, of the second person; _himself, herself_, and itself, of the third person.
II. A relative pronoun is a pronoun that represents an antecedent word or phrase, and connects different clauses of a sentence; as, "No people can be great, who have ceased to be virtuous."--_Dr. Johnson._
The relative pronouns are _who, which, what, that, as_, and the compounds whoever or _whosoever, whichever_ or _whichsoever, whatever_ or whatsoever.[188]
What is a kind of double relative, equivalent to that which or _those which_; and is to be parsed, first as antecedent, and then as relative: as, "This is what I wanted; that is to say, the thing which I wanted."--_L. Murray_. III. An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun with which a question is asked; as, "Who touched my clothes?"--Mark, v, 30.
The interrogative pronouns are _who, which_, and _what_; being the same in form as relatives.
Who demands a person's name; which, that a person or thing be distinguished from others; what, the name of a thing, or a person's occupation and character.
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