The comic English grammar [electronic resource]: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . properly, tvot, is generallysubstituted by cabmen and costermongers for ivho; as,• The donkey wot wouldnt go. The man wot sweepsthe crossing. That, likewise, is very frequently rejected by the vulgar,who use as in its place ; as, Them as asks shant haveany ; and them as dont ask dont want III. OF THE ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS., Adjective pronouns partake of the nature of both pro-nouns and adjectives. They may be subdivided into foursorts : the possessive, the distributive, the demons
The comic English grammar [electronic resource]: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . properly, tvot, is generallysubstituted by cabmen and costermongers for ivho; as,• The donkey wot wouldnt go. The man wot sweepsthe crossing. That, likewise, is very frequently rejected by the vulgar,who use as in its place ; as, Them as asks shant haveany ; and them as dont ask dont want III. OF THE ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS., Adjective pronouns partake of the nature of both pro-nouns and adjectives. They may be subdivided into foursorts : the possessive, the distributive, the demonstrative,and the indefinite. The possessive pronouns are those which imply posses- * See Warrens Ode to Kitty of Shoe Lane, Advertisements,London Press, passim. 54 THE COMIC EMJLISH GBAMMAB. sion of property. Of these there are seven; namely, my,thy, his, her, our, your, their. The word self is added to possessives ; as, myself, your-self: Says I to myself, says I. Self is also sometimesused with personal pronouns; as, himself, itself, them,selves. His self is a common, but not a proper SELF-ESTEEM. The distributive are three : each, every, either; they de-note the individual persons or things separately, which,when taken together, make up a number. Each is used when two or more persons or things arementioned singly; as, each of the Catos ; each of theBrowns. Every relates to one out of several; as, Every mare isa horse, but every horse is not a mare. Either refers to one out of two ; as, ETYMOLOGY. 55 When I between two jockeys ride,I have a knave on either side, Neither signifies not either; as Neither of theBacons was related to Hogg. The demonstrative pronouns precisely point out thesubjects to which they relate ; such are this and that, withtheir plurals these and those; as, This is a foreignPrince; that is an English Peer. This refers to the nearest person or thing, and to thelatter or last mentioned ; that to the most distant, and tothe former or first men
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