1. The Second Regiment of the National Guard, —— was sent to Pittsburg during the strike, and —— is now in camp at Gettysburg, has six hundred members.
2. John started to school last Monday; we wish —— success.
3. Proud damsel, —— shalt be proudly met. I withdraw my pretensions to —— hand until I return from the war.
4. As —— hast said, —— lands are not endangered. But hear me before I leave ——.
5. The cat was crouching on the piazza and we were watching ——. Suddenly —— tail twitched nervously and —— prepared to spring.
6. "Ere you remark another's sin,
Bid —— conscience look within."
7. At first one is likely to wonder where the boats are, since on entering the grove —— is (are) able to see only a small cabin.
8. Dost —— talk of revenge? —— conscience, it seems, has grown dull.
9. As a Christian —— art obliged to forgive —— enemy.
10. Did you never bear false witness against —— neighbor?
11. The shepherd ran after a sheep and caught —— just as —— was jumping over a hedge.
12. The hen gathered —— brood under —— wing.
13. This is a book which I have never read, but one —— is recommended by Mrs. M.
EXERCISE XXXV.
1. Write the following note in clear and correct form, using the third person:—
"Mr. Smith presents his compliments to Mr. Jones, and finds he has a cap which isn't mine. So, if you have a cap which isn't his, no doubt they are the ones."[61]
2. Write a formal note in the third person, asking an acquaintance to dine with you at a certain hour in order that you may consult with him about some matter of importance.
3. Write a note in the third person accepting or declining this invitation.
4. Write a formal note in the third person to some gentleman to whom you have a letter of introduction, asking when it will be convenient to have you call.
5. Write a notice in the third person offering a reward for the recovery of a lost article.
Singular or Plural Pronouns.[62]—The rule that a pronoun should be in the same number as its antecedent is violated most commonly in connection with such expressions as "any one," "each," "either," "every," "man after man," "neither," "nobody." Grammatically such expressions are singular.
"He" ("his," "him") may stand for mankind in general and include women as well as men.