What heav'n's great king hath pow'rfullest to send
Against us from about his throne. Par. Lost.
The termination in ish may be accounted in some sort a degree of comparison, by which the signification is diminished below the positive, as black, blackish, or tending to blackness; salt, saltish, or having a little taste of salt; they therefore admit no comparison. This termination is seldom added but to words expressing sensible qualities, nor often to words of above one syllable, and is scarcely used in the solemn or sublime style.
Of PRONOUNS.
Pronouns, in the English language, are, I, thou, he, with their plurals, we, ye, they; it, who, which, what, whether, whosoever, whatsoever, my, mine, our, ours, thy, thine, your, yours, his, her, hers, theirs, this, that, other, another, the same, some.
The pronouns personal are irregularly inflected.
| Singular. | Plural. | |
| Nom. | I, | We. |
| Accus. and other oblique cases. | Me, | Us. |
| Nom. | Thou, | Ye. |
| Oblique. | Thee, | You. |
You is commonly used in modern writers for ye, particularly in the language of ceremony, where the second person plural is used for the second person singular, You are my friend.
Singular. | Plural. | ||
Nom. | He, | They, | Applied to masculines. |
Oblique. | Him, | Them. | |
Nom. | She, | They, | Applied to feminines. |
Oblique. | Her, | Them. | |
Nom. | It, | They, | Applied to neuters or things. |
Oblique. | Its, | Them. |