Exercise 15

Fill the blanks in the following sentences with the proper emphatic or reflexive forms. Punctuate properly. (See §108):

  1. He —— said so.
  2. I —— will do it.
  3. We —— will look after her.
  4. That, I tell you, is —— book.
  5. It belongs to me ——.
  6. Those books are my ——.
  7. Let them —— pay for it.
  8. The horse is to be for —— use.
  9. The horse is to be for the use of ——.
  10. He said it to ——.
  11. He deceived ——.
  12. I do not wish —— to be prominent.

32. The Compound Relative Pronouns are formed by adding ever, so, or soever to the relative pronouns, who, which, and what; as, whoever, whatever, whomever, whosoever, whoso, whosoever, etc. It will be noted that whoever, whosoever, and whoso have objective forms, whomever, whomsoever, and whomso; and possessive forms, whosoever, whosesoever, and whoseso. These forms must be used whenever the objective or possessive case is demanded. Thus, one should say, I will give it to whomever I find there. (See §29 and Note 3.)

Exercise 16

Fill the following blanks with the proper forms of the compound relatives:

  1. We will refer the question to —— you may name.
  2. —— it may have been, it was not he.
  3. I shall receive presents from —— I wish.
  4. It was between him and —— was with him.
  5. —— they may choose, I will not vote for him.
  6. Let them name —— they think will win.
  7. Give it to —— you think needs it most.
  8. He may take —— he cares to.
  9. He will take —— property he finds there.
  10. He promised to ask the question of —— he found there.
  11. —— can have done it?
  12. —— else may be said, that is not true.
  13. There are the two chairs; you may take —— you like.
  14. —— you take will suit me.
  15. You may have —— you wish.
  16. —— is nominated, will you vote for him?
  17. —— they nominate, I will vote for him.
  18. —— does that is a partizan.
  19. —— candidate is elected, I will be satisfied.
  20. He may name —— he thinks best.
  21. —— he says is worthy of attention.
  22. —— she takes after, she is honest.
  23. —— follows him will be sorry.
  24. —— he may be, he is no gentleman.
  25. —— they do is praised.

33. There are certain words, called Adjective Pronouns, which are regarded as pronouns, because, although they are properly adjective in their meaning, the nouns which they modify are never expressed; as, One (there is a possessive form, one's, and a plural form, ones), none, this, that, these, those, other, former, some, few, many, etc.

34. Some miscellaneous cautions in the use of pronouns:

1. The pronoun I should always be capitalized, and should, when used as part of a compound subject, be placed second; as, James and I were present, not I and James were present.