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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