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An English Grammar by J. W. (James Witt) Sewell;W. M. (William Malone) Baskervill
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A man is the facade of a temple _wherein_ all wisdom and good
abide.--EMERSON.

The sovereignty of this nature _whereof_ we speak.--_Id._

The dear home faces _whereupon_
That fitful firelight paled and shone.--WHITTIER.



PRONOUNS IN INDIRECT QUESTIONS.


[Sidenote: _Special caution needed here._]

127. It is sometimes hard for the student to tell a relative from an
interrogative pronoun. In the regular direct question the
interrogative is easily recognized; so is the relative when an
antecedent is close by. But compare the following in pairs:--

1. (_a_) Like a gentleman of leisure _who_ is strolling out for
pleasure.

(_b_) Well we knew _who_ stood behind, though the earthwork hid
them.

2. (_a_) But _what_ you gain in time is perhaps lost in power.

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