EXERCISE 13
_Write sentences illustrating the correct use of the following simple
and compound personal pronouns:_
Myself, me, I, them, themselves, him, himself, her, herself, itself,
our, ourselves.
EXERCISE 14
_Choose the correct form in the following sentences. Punctuate
properly._ (_See_ Sec.108):
1. _Yourself you_ and John were mentioned
2. She told Mary and _me myself_ to go with _her herself_.
3. The book is for _you yourself_ and _I me myself_.
4. Henry and _I me myself_ are in the same class.
5. He thinks _you yourself_ and _I me myself_ should bring the books.
6. Our friends and _we us ourselves_ are going out to-night.
7. _Herself she_ and her husband have been sick.
8. _They themselves_ and their children have gone abroad.
9. You play the violin better than _he himself_.
10. The machine failed to work well, because _it itself_ and the
engine were not properly adjusted to each other.
11. Let them do it _theirselves themselves_.
12. He came by _hisself himself_.
13. The teacher _hisself himself_ could not have done better.
14. I'll bring my gun, and you bring _your'n yours your_ own.
15. That book is _his'n his_.
EXERCISE 15
_Fill the blanks in the following sentences with the proper emphatic
or reflexive forms. Punctuate properly._ (_See_ Sec.108):
1. He ---- said so.
2. I ---- will do it.
3. We ---- will look after her.
4. That, I tell you, is ---- book.
5. It belongs to me ----.
6. Those books are my ----.
7. Let them ---- pay for it.
8. The horse is to be for ---- use.
9. The horse is to be for the use of ----.
10. He said it to ----.
11. He deceived ----.
12. I do not wish ---- to be prominent.
32. The COMPOUND RELATIVE PRONOUNS are formed by adding _ever, so_,
or _soever_ to the relative pronouns, _who, which_, and _what_;
as, _whoever, whatever, whomever, whosoever, whoso, whosoever_,
etc. It will be noted that _whoever, whosoever_, and _whoso_ have
objective forms, _whomever, whomsoever_, and _whomso_; and possessive
forms, _whosoever, whosesoever_, and _whoseso_. These forms must
be used whenever the objective or possessive case is demanded.
Thus, one should say, _I will give it to WHOMEVER I find there_.
(See Sec.29 and Note 3.)
EXERCISE 16
_Fill the following blanks with the proper forms of the compound
relatives:_
1. We will refer the question to ---- you may name.
2. ---- it may have been, it was not h
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