Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed;Brainerd Kellogg
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_Obj._ him; them.
THIRD PERSON--_feminine_. _Singular_. _Plural_. _Nom._ she, they, _Pos._ her _or_ hers, their _or_ theirs, _Obj._ her; them. THIRD PERSON----_neuter_. _Singular_. _Plural_. _Nom._ it, they, _Pos._ its, their _or_ theirs, _Obj._ it; them. _Mine, ours, yours, thine, hers_, and _theirs_ are used when the name of the thing possessed is omitted; as, This rose is _yours_ = This rose is _your rose_. COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS. By joining the word _self_ to the possessive forms _my, thy, your_, and to the objective forms _him, her, it_, the +_Compound Personal Pronouns_+ are formed. They have no possessive case, and are alike in the nominative and the objective. Their plurals are _ourselves_, _yourselves_, and _themselves_. Form the _compound personal pronouns_, and write their declension. |
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