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Rh personal pronoun is used as a sort of temporary subject, so that really the noun and its pronoun are nominative to the same verb: as,

(3) The nominative often precedes its verb in poetry, and sometimes even in prose.
 * Success to you!

Transitive verbs govern the accusative case; and the usual order of words is, Verb, Subject, Object. When the subject or object is a relative or an interrogative pronoun it precedes the verb.


 * John made that boat.
 * The boy struck him.

For the conditions under which a verb is aspirated or eclipsed, see pars. 21(g) and 26(e).

Use of the Subjunctive Mood.

The most frequent use of the present subjunctive is with the conjunction, '''expressing a wish. If the wish be negative use (except with''' ).