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ne_ is an adjective pronoun, or specifying adjective, it specifically points out a noun--indefinite, it expresses its subject in an indefinite or general manner, and belongs to the noun "man," according to RULE 19. _Adjective pronouns belong to nouns, expressed or understood_. _Others_ is a compound pronoun, including both an adjective pronoun and a noun, and is equivalent to _other men_. _Other_ is an adjective pronoun, it is used specifically to describe its noun--indefinite, it expresses its subject in an indefinite manner, and belongs to _men_: Rule 19. (Repeat the rule.) _Men_ is a noun, a name denoting persons--common, &c. (parse it in full;) and in the objective case, it is the object of the action expressed by the transitive verb "instructs," and gov. by it: Rule 20. _Active-transitive verbs, &c_. "_Those_ books are _mine_." _Those_ is an adjective pronoun, it specifies what noun is referred to--demonstrative, it precisely points out the subject to which it relates--and agrees with the noun "books" in the plural number, according to NOTE 1, under Rule 19. _Adjective pronouns must agree in number with their nouns_. _Mine_ is a compound personal pronoun, including both the possessor and the thing possessed, and is equivalent to _my books_. _My_ is a pron. a word used instead of a noun--personal, it stands for the name of the person speaking--first person, it denotes the speaker--sing. number, it implies but one--and in the poss. case, it denotes possession, and is gov. by "books," according to Rule 12. (Repeat the rule, and decline the pronoun.) _Books_ is a noun, the name of a thing--common, &c. (parse it in full;)--and in the nominative case after "are," according to RULE 21. _The verb_ to be _admits the same case after it as before it_. EXERCISES IN PARSING. Each individual fills a space in creation. Every man helps a little. These men rank among the great ones of the world. That book belongs to the tutor, this belongs to me. Some men labor, others labor not; the former increase in wealth, the latter decrease. The boy wounded the old bird, and stole the young ones. None performs his duty too well. None of those poor wretches complain of their miserable lot. NOTE. In parsing the distributive pronominal adjectives, NOTE 2, undo Rule 19, should be applied. * * * * * III. OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS. Relative Pronouns are such as relate, in general, to some word or
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