Exercise 10

Choose the proper relative or interrogative pronoun to be inserted in each of the following sentences. Insert commas where they are needed. (See §111):

  1. The kindly physician —— was so greatly loved is dead.
  2. This is the man —— all are praising.
  3. John —— is my coachman is sick.
  4. The intelligence —— he displayed was remarkable.
  5. Intelligence —— he had hitherto not manifested now showed its presence.
  6. He maintains that the book —— you used is now ruined. (Does which or that have the more pleasing sound here?)
  7. The pleasure —— education gives the man —— has it is a sufficient reward for the trouble —— it has cost.
  8. That man —— wears a cap is a foreigner.
  9. The best hotel is the one —— is nearest the station.
  10. Who is it —— is worthy of that honor?
  11. The carriages and the drivers —— you ordered yesterday have arrived.
  12. —— thing is it —— you want?
  13. He purchased —— he wished.
  14. There is no cloud —— has not its silver lining.
  15. It is the same dog —— I bought.
  16. The man and horse —— you see pass here every afternoon.
  17. —— did they seek?
  18. They inquired —— he was going to do.
  19. Who was it —— lost the book?
  20. The man —— was a Frenchman was very much excited.
  21. It is neither the party nor its candidate —— gains support.
  22. That is a characteristic —— makes him seem almost rude.
  23. It is the same tool —— I used all day.
  24. He is a man —— inspires little confidence.
  25. —— does he expect of us?
  26. It is just such a thing —— I need.
  27. There are few —— will vote for him.
  28. The wagon and children —— you just saw came from our town.
  29. He —— writes out his lesson does all —— can be expected.
  30. Was it you or the cat —— made that noise?
  31. It is the same song —— he always sings.
  32. Such —— I have is yours.
  33. All the men and horses —— we had were lost.
  34. That is —— pleased me most and —— everyone talked about.
  35. The horse was one —— I had never ridden before.
  36. That is —— everyone said.

28. Case Forms of Pronouns. Some personal, relative, and interrogative pronouns have distinctive forms for the different cases, and the failure to use the proper case forms in the sentence is one of the most frequent sources of error. The case to be used is to be determined by the use which the pronoun, not its antecedent, has in the sentence. In the sentence, I name him, note that him is the object of the verb name. In the sentence, Whom do you seek, although coming at the first of the sentence, whom is grammatically the object of the verb seek. In the use of pronouns comes the most important need for a knowledge of when to use the different cases.

Note the following different case forms of pronouns:

Nominative: I, we, you, thou, ye, he, she, they, it, who.

Objective: me, us, you, thee, ye, him, her, it, them, whom.

Possessive: my, mine, our, ours, thy, thine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, their, theirs, whose.

It will be noted that, while some forms are the same in both the nominative and objective cases, I, we, he, she, they, thou, and who are only proper where the nominative case should be used. Me, us, him, them, thee, whom, and her, except when her is possessive, are only proper when the objective case is demanded. These forms must be remembered. It is only with these pronouns that mistakes are made in the use of the nominative and objective cases.

29. The following outline explains the use of the different case forms of the pronouns. The outline should be mastered.