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How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin
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Adjectives of two or more syllables are generally compared by prefixing
more and most.

Many adjectives are irregular in comparison; as, Bad, worse, worst; Good,
better, best.


PRONOUN

A _pronoun_ is a word used in place of a noun; as, "John gave his pen to
James and _he_ lent it to Jane to write _her_ copy with _it_." Without
the pronouns we would have to write this sentence,--"John gave John's pen
to James and James lent the pen to Jane to write Jane's copy with the
pen."

There are three kinds of pronouns--Personal, Relative and Adjective
Pronouns.

_Personal_ Pronouns are so called because they are used instead of the
names of persons, places and things. The Personal Pronouns are _I_,
_Thou_, _He_, _She_, and _It_, with their plurals, _We_, _Ye_ or _You_
and _They_.

_I_ is the pronoun of the first person because it represents the person
speaking.

_Thou_ is the pronoun of the second person because it represents the
person spoken to.

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