+DEFINITIONS.

_Person_ is that modification of a noun or pronoun which denotes the
speaker, the one spoken to, or the one spoken of.

The _First Person_ denotes the one speaking.

The _Second Person_ denotes the one spoken to.

The _Third Person_ denotes the one spoken of.

_Case_ is that modification of a noun or pronoun which denotes its office
in the sentence.

The _Nominative Case of a noun or pronoun_ denotes its office as subject or
as attribute complement.

The _Possessive Case of a noun or pronoun_ denotes its office as possessive
modifier.

The _Objective Case of a noun or pronoun_ denotes its office as object
complement, or as principal word in a prepositional phrase+.




LESSON 82.

NOUNS AND PRONOUNS.--PERSON AND CASE.