pronouns, which declension you must commit to memory before you proceed
any farther.

The advantages resulting from the committing of the following
declension, are so great and diversified, that you cannot be too
particular in your attention to it. You recollect, that it is sometimes
very difficult to distinguish the nominative case of a noun from the
objective, because these cases of nouns are not marked by a difference
in termination; but this difficulty is removed in regard to the personal
pronouns, for their cases are always known by their termination. By
studying the declension you will learn, not only the cases of the
pronouns, but, also, their genders, persons, and numbers.

DECLENSION OF THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

FIRST PERSON.
_Sing. _Plur_.
_Nom_. I, we,
_Poss_. my _or_ mine, our _or_ ours,
_Obj_. me. us.

SECOND PERSON.
_Sing_. _Plur_.
_Nom_. thou, ye _or_ you,
_Poss_. thy _or_ thine, your _or_ yours,
_Obj_. thee. you.

THIRD PERSON.
_Mas. Sing._ _Plur_.
_Nom_, he, they,
_Poss_. his, their _or_ theirs,
_Obj_. him. them.

THIRD PERSON.
_Fem. Sing._ _Plur_.
_Nom_. she, they,
_Poss_. her _or_ hers, their _or_ theirs.
_Obj_. her. them.

THIRD PERSON.
_Neut. Sing._ _Plur_.
_Nom_. it, they,
_Poss_. its, their _or_ theirs,
_Obj._ it. them.

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NOTES.

1. When _self_ is added to the personal pronouns, as himself,
myself, itself, themselves, &c. they are called _compound personal
pronouns_, and are used in the nominative or objective case, but not
in the possessive.

2. In order to avoid the disagreeable harshness of sound, occasioned
by the frequent recurrence of the terminations _est, edst_, in the
adaptation of our verbs to the nominative _thou_, a modern
innovation which substitutes _you_ for _thou_, in familiar style,
has generally been adopted. This innovation contributes greatly to
the harmony of our colloquial style. _You_ was formerly restricted
to the plural number; but now it is employed t