person is _that which denotes the person or thing merely_ spoken
of."--_Id._: for _the same_, "_I_ is _of_ the first person, singular; WE,
_of_ the first person, plural."--_Mur. et al. cor._ "THOU is _of_ the
second person, singular; YE or You, _of_ the second person,
plural."--_Iid._ "HE, SHE, or IT, is _of_ the third person, singular; THEY,
_of_ the third person, plural."--_Iid._ "The nominative case _denotes_ the
actor, _and is the_ subject of the verb."--_Kirkham cor._ "John is the
actor, therefore _the noun_ JOHN is in the nominative case."--_Id._ "The
actor is always _expressed_ by the nominative case, _unless the verb be
passive_."--_R. C. Smith cor._ "The nominative case _does not_ always
_denote an_ agent or actor."--_Mack cor._ "_In mentioning_ each name, tell
the part of speech."--_John Flint cor._ "_Of_ what number is _boy_?
Why?"--_Id._ "_Of_ what number is _pens_? Why?"--_Id._ "The speaker is
_denoted by_ the first person; the person spoken to _is denoted by_ the
second person; and the person or thing spoken of is _denoted by_ the third
person."--_Id._ "What nouns are _of the_ masculine gender? _The names of_
all males are _of the_ masculine gender."--_Id._ "An interjection is a
_word that is uttered merely to indicate some strong or_ sudden emotion of
the mind."--_G. Brown's Grammars_.

CORRECTIONS UNDER RULE VII; OF OBJECTIVES.

UNDER THE RULE ITSELF.--OF THE OBJECTIVE IN FORM.

"But I do not remember _whom_ they were for."--_Abbott cor._ "But if you
can't help it, _whom_ do you complain of?"--_Collier cor._ "_Whom_ was it
from? and what was it about?"--_M. Edgeworth cor._ "I have plenty of
victuals, and, between you and _me_, something in a corner."--_Day cor._
"The upper one, _whom_ I am now about to speak of."--_Leigh Hunt cor._ "And
to poor _us, thy_ enmity _is_ most capital."--_Shak. cor._ "Which, thou
dost confess, _'twere_ fit for thee to use, as _them_ to claim." That
is,--"as _for them_ to claim."--_Id._ "To beg of thee, it is my more
dishonour, than _thee_ of them." That is,--"than _for thee to beg_ of
them."--_Id._ "There are still a few, who, like _thee_ and _me_, drink
nothing but water."--_Gil Bias cor._ "Thus, 'I _shall_ fall,'--'Thou
_shalt_ love thy neighbour,'--'He _shall_ be rewarded,'--express no
resolution on the part of _me, thee_, or _him_." Or better:--"on the part
of _the persons signified by the nominatives, I, Thou, He_."--_Lennie and
Bullions cor._ "So saucy with the hand