&c. _Which_ is in the nom. case to the verb "is recorded,"
agreeably to
RULE 15. _The relative is the nominative case to the verb, when no
nominative comes between it and the verb_.
"_What_ have you learned? Nothing."
_What_ is a pron. a word used, &c.--relative of the interrogative kind,
because it is used in asking a question--it refers to the word "nothing"
for its _subsequent_, according to
RULE 17. _When the rel. pron. is of the interrog. kind, it refers to the
word or phrase containing the answer to the question, for its
subsequent, which subsequent must agree in case with the interrogative.
What_ is of the neut. gend. third pers. sing. because the subsequent
"nothing" is with which it agrees; RULE 14. _Rel. pron. agree_, &c.--It
is in the obj. case, the object of the action, of the active-transitive
verb "have learned," and gov. by it, agreeably to RULE 16. _When a nom_.
&c. See NOTE 1, under the Rule.
NOTE. 1. You need not apply gend. pers. and numb, to the interrogative
when the answer to the question is _not_ expressed.
WHO, WHICH, WHAT.
Truth and simplicity are twin sisters, and generally go hand in hand.
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