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FALSE SYNTAX.
We ought to love God, he who created and sustains all things.
The pronoun _he_ in this sentence, is improperly used in the nominative
case. It is the object of the action of the transitive verb "love," and
put by apposition with "God;" therefore it should be the objective
case, _him_, according to Rule 7. (Repeat the Rule, and correct the
following.)
I saw Juliet and her brother, they that you visited.
They slew Varus, he that was mentioned before.
It was John, him who preached repentance.
Adams and Jefferson, them who died on the fourth of July 1826, were
both signers and the firm supporters of the Declaration of
Independence.
Augustus the Roman emperor, him who succeeded Julius Cesar, is
variously described by historians.
RULE VIII.
Two or more nouns, or nouns and pronouns, in the _singular_ number,
connected by copulative conjunctions, must have verbs, nouns, and
pronouns, agreeing with them in the _plural_; as, "Socrates _and_ Plato
_were_ wise; _they_ were eminent _philosophers_."
NOTE 1. When _each_ or _every_ relates to two or more nominatives in
the singular, although connected by a copulative, the verb must
agree with each of them in the singular; as, "_Every_ leaf, _and
every_ twig, _and every_ drop of water, _teems_ with life.
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