The man who instructs you, labors faithfully. The boy whom I instruct,
learns well. The lady whose house we occupy, bestows many charities.
That modesty which highly adorns a woman, she possesses. He that acts
wisely deserves praise. This is the tree which produces no fruit. I
believe what He says. He speaks what he knows. Whatever purifies the
heart, also fortifies it. What doest[5] thou? Nothing. What book
have you? A poem. Whose hat have you? John's. Who does that work? Henry.
Whom seest thou? To whom gave you the present? Which pen did he take?
Whom ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. I heard what he
said. George, you may pursue whatever science suits your taste. Eliza,
take whichever pattern pleases you best. Whoever lives to see this
republic forsake her moral and literary institutions, will behold her
liberties prostrated. Whosoever, therefore, will be a friend of the
world, is the enemy of God.
[5] The second person singular of _do_, when used as a principal
verb, is spelled with an _e_; thus, "What thou _doest_, do quickly;"
but when employed as an auxiliary, the _e_ should be omitted; as,
"_Dost_ thou not _behold_ a rock with its head of heath?"
NOTE. The nominative case is frequently placed after the verb, and
the objective case, before the verb that governs it. _Whom_, in
every sentence except one, _house, modesty, book, hat, pen, him_,
the third _what_ and _which_, the relative part of the first _two
whats_, are all in the _objective_ case, and governed by the several
verbs that follow them. See RULE 16, and NOTE 1. _Tree_ is nom.
after is, according to RULE 21. Thing, the antecedent part of
_whatever_, is nom. to "fortifies;" _which_, the relative part, is
nom. to "purifies." _Nothing_ is governed by _do_, and _poem_, by
_have_, understood. _Henry_ is nominative to _does_, understood.
_Whose_ and _John's_ are governed according to RULE 12. _I, thou,
you, him_, &c. represent nouns understood. _Him_, in the last
sentence but five, is governed by _declare_, and _I_ is nominative
to _declare. George_ and _Eliza_ are in the nominative case
independent: Rule 5. "_Whatever_ science," &c. is equivalent to,
_that_ science _which_ suits your taste;--"_whichever_ pattern;"
i.e. _that_ pattern _which_ pleases you best. _Whoever_ is a
compound relative; _he_, the antecedent part, is nominative to "will
behold." _Take_ agrees with _you_ understood. _Forsake_ is in the
infinitive mood after "see:" Rule 25.