. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . d he never called me worse than sweetheart, drunk or sober. What, or, to speak more improperly, wot, isgenerally substituted by cabmen and costermongersfor who ; as, The donkey wot wouldnt go. Theman icot sweeps the crossing. That, likewise, is very frequently rejected by thevulgar, who use as in its place; as, Them as asksshant have any; and them as dont ask dont wantany. SECTION III. OF THE ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS. Adjective pronouns partake of the nature ofboth pronouns and adjectives. They may be sub-divided i
. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . d he never called me worse than sweetheart, drunk or sober. What, or, to speak more improperly, wot, isgenerally substituted by cabmen and costermongersfor who ; as, The donkey wot wouldnt go. Theman icot sweeps the crossing. That, likewise, is very frequently rejected by thevulgar, who use as in its place; as, Them as asksshant have any; and them as dont ask dont wantany. SECTION III. OF THE ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS. Adjective pronouns partake of the nature ofboth pronouns and adjectives. They may be sub-divided into four sorts: the possessive, the distri-butive, the demonstrative, and the indefinite. The possessive pronouns are those which implypossession or property. Of these there are seven;namely, my, thy, his, her, our, your, their. The word self is added to possessives; as, my-self, yourself, Says I to myself, says I. Self is H .3 78 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. also sometimes used with personal pronouns; as,himself, itself, themselves. His self is a common,hut not a proper SELF-ESTEEM. The distributive are three: each, every^ cither;they denote the individual persons or things sepa-rately, which, when taken together, make up anumber. Each is used when two or more persons or ETYMOLOGY. 79 things are mentioned singly; as, each of theCatos; each of the Browns. Every relates to one out of several; as, Everymare is a horse, but every horse is not a mare. Either refers to one out of two; as, When I between two jockeys ride,I have a knave on either side. Neither signifies not either; as Neither ofthe Bacons was related to Hogg. The demonstrative pronouns precisely point outthe subjects to w^hich they relate; such are thisand that, with their plurals these and those; as, This is a foreign Prince; that is an EnglishPeer. This refers to the nearest person or thing, andto the latter or last mentioned; that to the mostdistant, and to the former or first mentioned; as, This is a ma
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