12. We may use +none+ in the plural; we may use none in the singular. We may say, "None hear thy voice," or "None hears thy voice."
The paragraphs below contain noteworthy uses of adjective pronouns but no really alternative expressions.
13. Usage is overwhelmingly in favor of +any one else's, no one else's, somebody else's, nobody else's+, instead of any one's else, etc. There is scarcely any authority for placing the ('s) upon one or body. "Written by Dickens for his own or any one else's children." This form is common and convenient. We are advised to shun it, but we need not.
14. Usage is also decidedly in favor of +first two, last three+, etc., instead of two first, three last, etc.]
Descriptive adjectives used as nouns are plural, and are not declined. Such expressions as "the wretched's only plea" and "the wicked's den" are exceptional.
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LESSON 125.
CASE FORMS—PRONOUNS.
The pronouns I, thou, he, she, and who are the only words in the language that have each three different case forms.
+Direction+.—Study the Declensions, and correct these errors:—