English Grammar and Composition for Public Schools

by G. H. Armstrong

	Nom. Case	who,	which,
	Poss. Case	whose,	whose,
	Obj. Case	whom,	which.

COMPOUND RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

Pronouns that are formed by adding so, ever, and soever, to the simple pronouns, are called compound relative pronouns; as whoso, whichever, whatsoever.

EXERCISE I.

Name the relative pronouns, their antecedents, the clauses they connect, and the case of each:—

1.	I require the pencil that I lent you.
2.	Those who are down need fear no fall.
3.	He gave me what I desired.
4.	The men shot a bear which was roaming about.
5.	The long ranks on which I looked tramped steadily on.
6.	Let the mighty mounds
	That overlook the rivers, or that rise
	In the dim forest crowded with old oaks, answer.—Bryant.

EXERCISE II.

Classify the relatives in the following sentences into those that add new facts to their antecedents, and into those that restrict or limit their meaning:

1.	I live on the street which leads to the park.
2.	Those who live without a plan have never any leisure.
3.	A short distance from the house I discovered a box, which was made of iron.
4.	I met a policeman, who told me about the fire.
5.	We were the first that ever burst
	Into that silent sea.—Coleridge.
6.	There, at the foot of yonder nodding birch,
	That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high,
	His listless length at noontide would he stretch,
	And pore upon the brook that babbles by.—Gray.

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