It is as manifest a solecism as to
say, We _am_, or we _is_. Were it, in any case, admissible to
connect a singular verb with _you_, the use of _was_ would still be
ungrammatical, for this form of the verb is confined to the first and
third persons, and _you_ is second person. _Wast_ being second
person, it would approximate nearer to correctness to say, you
_wast_. We never use the singular of the present tense with
you:--you _art_, you _is_; you _walkest_, you _walks_. Why, then,
should any attempt be made to force a usage so unnatural and
gratuitous as the connecting of the singular verb in the past tense
with this pronoun? In every point of view, the construction, "When
_were_ you there?" "How far _were_ you from the parties?" is
preferable to the other.
3. The words _my, thy, his, her, our, your, their_, are, by many,
denominated _possessive adjective pronouns_; but they always _stand
for_ nouns in the possessive case. They ought, therefore, to be
classed with the _personal_ pronouns. That principle of
classification which ranks them with the adjective pronouns, would
also throw all nouns in the possessive case among the adjectives.
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