English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
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3. _By prefixing another word_; as, A cock-sparrow A hen-sparrow A man-servant A maid-servant A he-goat A she-goat A he-bear A she-bear A male-child A female-child Male-descendants Female-descendants PERSON. PERSON is a property of the noun and pronoun which varies the verb. The _first person_ denotes the speaker. The _second person_ denotes the person or thing spoken to; as, "Listen, _earth!"_ The _third person_ denotes the person or thing spoken of; as, "The _earth_ thirsts." Nouns have but _two_ persons, the second and third. When a man speaks, the _pronoun I_ or _we_ is always used; therefore nouns can never be in the _first_ person. In examples like the following, some philologists suppose the noun to be in the _first_ person:--"This may certify, that I, _Jonas Taylor_, do hereby give and grant," &c. But it is evident, that the speaker or writer, in introducing his own name, speaks _of_ |
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