entrails than of _Russell_ saying, as he turned away from his
wife, that the bitterness of death was past.--MACAULAY.

There is actually a kind of sacredness in the fact of such a
_man_ being sent into this earth.--CARLYLE.

[Sidenote: _Possessive_.]

There is no use for any _man's_ taking up his abode in a house
built of glass.--CARLYLE.

As to _his_ having good grounds on which to rest an action for
life.--DICKENS.

The case was made known to me by a _man's_ holding out the
little creature dead.--DE QUINCEY.

There may be reason for a _savage's_ preferring many kinds of
food which the civilized man rejects.--THOREAU.

It informs me of the previous circumstances of _my_ laying aside
my clothes.--C. BROCKDEN BROWN.

The two strangers gave me an account of _their_ once having been
themselves in a somewhat similar condition.--AUDUBON.

There was a chance of _their_ being sent to a new school, where
there were examinations.--RUSKIN

This can only be by _his_ preferring truth to his past
apprehension of truth.--EMERSON

III. PERSONAL PRONOUNS AND THEIR ANTECEDENTS.

409. The pronouns of the third person usually refer back to some
preceding noun or pronoun, and ought to agree with them in person,
number, and gender.

[Sidenote: _Watch for the real antecedent._]

There are two constructions in which the student will need to watch
the pronoun,--when the antecedent, in one person, is followed by a
phrase containing a pronoun of a different person; and when the
antecedent is of such a form that the pronoun following cannot
indicate exactly the gender. Examples of these constructions are,--

_Those_ of us who can only maintain _themselves_ by continuing in
some business or salaried office.--RUSKIN.

Suppose the life and fortune of _every one_ of us would depend on
_his_ winning or losing a game of chess.--HUXLEY.

If _any one_ did not know it, it was _his_ own fault.--CABLE.

_Everybody_ had _his_ own life to think of.--DEFOE.

410. In such a case as the last three sentences,--when the
antecedent includes both masculine and feminine, or is a distributive
word, taking in each of many persons,--the preferred method is to put
the pronoun following in the masculine singular; if the antecedent is
neuter, preceded by a distributive, the pronoun will be neuter
singular.

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