Which of the italicized words are used as pronouns and which as
adjectives?
1. _This_ belongs to my brother.
2. _This_ book belongs to my brother.
3. _Which_ is your pen?
4. _Which_ pencil will you have?
5. _All_ are lying on the bank.
6. _All_ men are mortal.
7. _Mine_ are in the house.
8. _My_ slate is broken.
Adjectives that are sometimes used as pronouns are called =pronominal
adjectives=; as, _These_ books are mine. _All_ boys can learn.
There are five kinds of =pronominal adjectives=.
1. =Possessive adjectives.= These are the possessive forms of the
personal pronouns used as adjectives. They are given in Lesson XXII.,
and are as follows:—_my_ or _mine_, _thy_ or _thine_, _our_ or _ours_,
_your_ or _yours_, _his_, _her_ or _hers_, _its_, _their_ or _theirs_.
2. =Interrogative adjectives.= These are _which_ and _what_ when used
with a noun to ask a question; as, _Which_ poem will you recite?
_What_ wrong have you done?
3. =Relative adjectives.= These are the words _which_ and _what_ used
relatively _with a noun_; as, I know _which_ pen you prefer. I see
_what_ course you are taking.
4. =Indefinite adjectives.= These are the words which, when used without
nouns, are indefinite pronouns; as, _Few_ persons believe his story.
[See Lesson XXVII.]
5. =Demonstrative adjectives.= These are _this_, _these_; _that_,
_those_; _yon_, _yonder_, when used with nouns; as, _That_ tree is very
tall. _Yon_ ship is coming nearer.
To the foregoing list of demonstrative adjectives we may add _a_, _an_,
and _the_, since they are _demonstrative in their nature_, that is they
are used _to point out_, but they have _no pronominal use_; as, _The_
man is well again. _An_ apple is on the table.
_Note._—_An_ is used before a word beginning with a vowel
sound; as, _An_ orange is yellow. _An_ hour contains sixty
minutes.
_A_ is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound; as,
_A_ pencil is on the desk. Many _a_ one has succeeded. (_One_
begins with the consonant sound of _w_.)