sive case, the word book is not included, but
implied; as, Whose book? John's, Richard's; that is, John's _book_;
Richard's _book_.

This view of the subject, without a parallel, except in the
compounds _what, whoever_, and _others_, is respectfully submitted
to the public; believing, that those who approve of a critical
analysis of words, will coincide with me. Should any still be
disposed to treat these words so superficially as to rank them among
the simple pronouns, let them answer the following interrogatory: If
_what_, when compound, should be parsed as two words, why not _mine,
thine, his, hers, ours, yours_, and _theirs_?

5. _Mine_ and _thine_, instead of _my_ and _thy_, are used in solemn
style, before a word beginning with a vowel or silent _h_; as, "Blot
out all _mine_ iniquities;" and when thus used, they are not
compound. _His_ always has the same form, whether simple or
compound; as, "Give John _his_ book; That desk is _his." Her_, when
placed before a noun, is in the possessive case; as, Take _her_ hat:
when standing alone, it is in the objective case; as, Give the hat
to _her_.

When you shall have studied this lecture attentively, and committed the
_declension_ of the personal pronouns, you may commit the following
SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.

_The order of parsing a_ PERSONAL PRONOUN, is--a pronoun, and
why?--personal, and why?--person, and why?--gender and number, and
why?--RULE: case, and why?--RULE.--Decline it.

There are many peculiarities to be observed in parsing personal pronouns
in their different persons; therefore, if you wish ever to parse them
correctly, you must pay particular attention to the manner in which the
following are analyzed. Now notice, particularly, and you will perceive
that we apply only _one_ rule in parsing _I_ and _my_, and _two_ in
parsing _thou, him_, and _they_.

"_I_ saw _my_ friend."

_I_ is a pronoun, a word used instead of a noun--personal, it represents
the person speaking, understood--first person, it denotes the
speaker--singular number, it implies but one--and in the nominative
case, it represents the actor and subject of the verb "saw," and governs
it, agreeably to RULE 3. _The nom. case gov. the verb_. Declined--first
pers. sing. num. nom. I, poss. my or mine, obj. me. Plur. nom. we, poss.
our or ours, obj. us.

_My_ is a pronoun, a word used instead of a noun--personal,