RELATIONS OF THE PRONOUN.

What is the gender, person, and number of the italicized pronouns in the

following sentences?—

1. A little girl gave me _her_ book.

2. The sword has dropped from _its_ sheath.

3. I saw the man of _whom_ you speak.

4. This is the woman _that_ found your purse.

_A pronoun must agree in gender, number, and person with its

antecedent._

_Note._—1. The relative pronoun is not always expressed; as, I

know the man (_that_) you admire so much.

2. The word _it_ has sometimes an indefinite use without an

antecedent; as, _It_ rains. _It_ will soon be dark. _This is

called the impersonal use._

3. The word _it_ is sometimes used as a _representative_ subject

while the _real_ subject follows the verb; as, _It_ is certain

_that he did it_. _It_ is right _to defend the truth_.

_The pronoun has the same case-relations as the noun._

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