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2. Every relative must have an antecedent to which it relates,
either expressed or implied; as, "_Who_ steals my purse, steals
trash;" that is, _he_ who.
3. The pronouns _whichsoever, whatsoever_, and the like, are
sometimes elegantly divided by the interposition of the
corresponding nouns; as, "On _which_ side _soever_ the _king_ cast
his eyes," &c.
4. The pronoun _what_ is sometimes improperly used instead of the
conjunction _that;_ as, "He would not believe but _what_ I was in
fault." It should be "but _that_," &c.
FALSE SYNTAX.
That is the friend who I sincerely esteem.
Not proper, because _who_, which is the object of the action expressed
by the transitive verb "esteem," is in the nominative case. It ought to
be _whom_, in the objective; and then it would be governed by esteem,
according to Rule 16. (Repeat the Rule:)--and, also, according to Rule
20. "That is the friend _whom_ I sincerely esteem."
They who much is given to, will have much to answer for.
From the character of those who you associate with, your own will be
estimated.
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