LESSON 87.
CONSTRUCTION OF PRONOUNS—CONTINUED.
+Caution+.—Several connected relative clauses relating to the same antecedent require the same relative pronoun.
+Direction+.—Study the Caution, and correct these errors:—
1. It was Joseph that was sold into Egypt, who became governor of the land, and which saved his father and brothers from famine. 2. He who lives, that moves, and who has his being in God should not forget him. 3. This is the horse which started first, and that reached the stand last. 4. The man that fell overboard, and who was drowned was the first mate.
+Caution+.—When the relative clause is not restrictive, [Footnote: See
Lesson 61.] who or which, and not that, is generally used.
+Example+.—Water, which is composed of hydrogen and oxygen, covers three-fourths of the earth's surface.
+Direction+.—Study the Caution, and correct these errors:—
1. The earth is enveloped by an ocean of air, that is a compound of oxygen. and nitrogen. 2. Longfellow, that is the most popular American poet, has written beautiful prose. 3. Time, that is a precious gift, should not be wasted. 4. Man, that is born of woman, is of few days and full of trouble.
+Caution+.—The relative that [Footnote: That is almost always restrictive. However desirable it may seem to confine who and which to unrestrictive clauses, they are not confined to them in actual practice.