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An English Grammar by J. W. (James Witt) Sewell;W. M. (William Malone) Baskervill
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--SHAKESPEARE
(3) Its antecedent is hardly ever expressed. When expressed, it
usually follows, and is emphatic; as, for example,--

What I would, _that_ do I not; but what I hate, _that_ do
I.--_Bible_

What fates impose, _that_ men must needs abide.--SHAKESPEARE.

What a man does, _that_ he has.--EMERSON.

Compare this:--

Alas! is _it_ not too true, what we said?--CARLYLE.



DECLENSION OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS.


118. These are the forms of the simple relatives:--

SINGULAR AND PLURAL.

_Nom._ who which that what
_Poss._ whose whose -- --
_Obj._ whom which that what


HOW TO PARSE RELATIVES.
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