is will avoid any (toda) difficulty in that respect.

3. A German motor-boat was making this week a trial run (excursion de
prueba) in a (con la) heavy sea when she capsized (y se volco).

4. The net profits of this year show (muestran, acusan) an increase of
L1,000.

5. The working (la explotacion) of those collieries has resulted in a
loss.

6. Messrs. Brown & Co. of your city (de esa) have sent their agent over
(aqui) to make considerable purchases.

7. We hastened to submit to them our best terms offering a credit of
nine months against their acceptances.

8. These terms are better than those of our competitors. This is
certain.

LESSON XIII.
(Leccion decima tercera.)

RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

+------------+-----------+------------------------------------+
| _Sing._ | _Plu._ | |
+------------+-----------+------------------------------------+
|Quien |Quienes |(who, whom) |
|El cual |Los cuales |(who, whom _or_ which) |
|La cual |Las cuales | |
|Que | |(that) |
|Cuyo |Cuyos |(whose, _or_ of which (denoting |
|Cuya |Cuyas | possession)) |
+------------+-----------+------------------------------------+

_Quien_ is used for persons only.
_El cual_ and _que_ are used for persons and things.

EXAMPLES--

El agente a quien (_or_ al cual) hemos escrito: The agent to whom we
have written.

?Son aquellas las partidas de azucares de las cuales me hablo V. ayer?
Are those the lots of sugar of which you spoke to me yesterday?

Me acuerdo de las personas y las cosas que V. ha mencionado: I remember
the people and things that you mentioned.

El buque cuya tripulacion ha desembarcado: The ship whose crew has
landed.

El comerciante a cuyo hijo hemos conocido: The merchant whose son we
have known.

_Que_ is used very often instead of _quien_ and _el cual. Que_ is to be
preferred when the clause following is a mere complement of the
principal clause (preceding), and _Quien_ or _El cual_ only when the
following clause is considered not less in importance than the clause
preceding, viz., when it introduces _a new idea,[99] as--

?Ha visto V. al viajante que nos visito esta manana?
Have you seen the travel