Should any still be
disposed to treat these words so superficially as to rank them among
the simple pronouns, let them answer the following interrogatory: If
_what_, when compound, should be parsed as two words, why not _mine,
thine, his, hers, ours, yours_, and _theirs_?
5. _Mine_ and _thine_, instead of _my_ and _thy_, are used in solemn
style, before a word beginning with a vowel or silent _h_; as, "Blot
out all _mine_ iniquities;" and when thus used, they are not
compound. _His_ always has the same form, whether simple or
compound; as, "Give John _his_ book; That desk is _his." Her_, when
placed before a noun, is in the possessive case; as, Take _her_ hat:
when standing alone, it is in the objective case; as, Give the hat
to _her_.
When you shall have studied this lecture attentively, and committed the
_declension_ of the personal pronouns, you may commit the following
SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
_The order of parsing a_ PERSONAL PRONOUN, is--a pronoun, and
why?--personal, and why?--person, and why?--gender and number, and
why?--RULE: case, and why?--RULE.
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