se, and antecedent, (the gender and number being
always the same as those of the antecedent) thus, 'The boy who.' '_Who_' is
a relative pronoun, masculine, singular, the nominative, and refers to
'_boy_' as its antecedent."--_Bullions, Pract. Les._, p. 31.

"Now, now, I seize, I clasp _thy_ charms,
And now _you_ burst; ah! cruel from my arms."

Here is an unnecessary change from the second person singular to the second
plural. It would have been better thus,

"Now, now I seize, I clasp _your_ charms,
And now _you_ burst; ah! cruel from my arms."
--_J. Burn's Gram._, p. 193.

SECTION IX.--THE OTHER MARKS.

There are also several other marks, which are occasionally used for various
purposes, as follow:--

I. ['] The APOSTROPHE usually denotes either the possessive case of a noun,
or the elision of one or more letters of a word: as, "The _girl's_ regard
to her _parents'_ advice;"--_'gan, lov'd, e'en, thro'_; for _began, loved,
even, through_. It is sometimes used in pluralizing a mere letter or sign;
as, Two _a's_--three _6's_.[467]

II. [-] The HYPHEN connects the parts of many compound words, especially
such as have two accents; as, _ever-living_. It is also frequently inserted
where a word is divided into syllables; as, _con-tem-plate_. Placed at the
end of a line, it shows that one or more syllables of a word are can led
forward to the next line.

III. ["] The DIAERESIS, or DIALYSIS, placed over either of two contiguous
vowels, shows that they are not a diphthong; as, _Danaee, aerial_.

IV. ['] The ACUTE ACCENT marks the syllable which requires the principal
stress in pronunciation; as, _e'qual, equal'ity_. It is sometimes used in
opposition to the grave accent, to distinguish a close or short vowel; as,
"_Fancy_:" (_Murray_:) or to denote the rising inflection of the voice; as,
"Is it _he?_"

V. [`] The GRAVE ACCENT is used in opposition to the acute, to distinguish
an open or long vowel; as, "_Favour_:" (_Murray_:) or to denote the falling
inflection of the voice; as, "_Yes_; it is _he_" It is sometimes placed
over a vowel to show that it is not to be suppressed in pronunciation; as,

"Let me, though in humble speech,
Thy refined maxims teach."--_Amer. Review_, May, 1848.

VI. [^] The CIRCUMFLEX generally denotes either the broad sound of _a_ or
an unusual sound given to some other vowel; as in _all, heir, machine_.
Some use it to mark a peculiar _wave_ of the voice, and