RULE XIV.

Relative pronouns agree with their antecedents, in _gender_, _person_,

and _number_; as, "Thou _who lovest_ wisdom;" "I _who speak_ from

experience."

NOTE. When a relative pronoun is preceded by two antecedents of

different persons, the relative and the verb may agree in person

with either, but not without regard to the sense; as, "I am the man

_who command_ you;" or, "I am the man _who commands_ you." The

meaning of the first of these examples will more obviously appear,

if we render it thus: "I who command you, am the _man_."

When the agreement of the relative has been fixed with either of the

preceding antecedents, it must be preserved throughout the sentence;

as, "I am the _Lord, that maketh_ all things; _that stretcheth_

forth the heavens alone; _that spreadeth_ abroad the earth by

myself," &c.

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