Example: "The lady gave the gentleman _her_ watch for _his_ horse."
In this sentence _her_ personates, or stands for, the noun "lady,"
and _his_ represents "gentleman." This fact is clearly shown by
rendering the sentence thus, "The lady gave the gentleman the
_lady's_ watch for the _gentleman's_ horse." If _lady's_ and
_gentleman's_ are nouns, _her_ and _his_ must be personal pronouns.
The same remarks apply to _my, thy, our, your, their_ and _its_.
This view of these words may be objected to by those who speculate
and refine upon the principles of grammar until they prove their
non-existence, but it is believed, nevertheless, to be based on
sound reason and common sense.
4. _Mine, thine, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs_, have, by many
respectable grammarians, been considered merely the possessive cases
of personal pronouns, whilst, by others, they have been denominated
pronouns or nouns in the nominative or objective case. It is
believed, however, that a little attention to the meaning and office
of these words, will clearly show the impropriety of both these
classifications.
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