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THAT, applied to persons, animals, and things.

Sing. Nom. that,               Plur. Nom. that, Poss. ,                     Poss. ,     Obj. that;                     Obj. that.

AS, applied to persons, animals, and things.

Sing. Nom. as,              Plur. Nom. as, Poss. ,                  Poss. ,     Obj. as;                    Obj. as.

IV. COMPOUND RELATIVES.

The compound relative pronouns, whoever or whosoever, whichever or whichsoever, and whatever or whatsoever[206] are declined in the same manner as the simples, who which, what. Thus:--

WHOEVER or WHOSOEVER, applied only to persons.

Sing. Nom. whoever,            Plur. Nom. whoever, Poss. whosever,                 Poss. whosever, Obj. whomever;                 Obj. whomever.

Sing. Nom. whosoever,          Plur. Nom. whosoever, Poss. whosesoever,              Poss. whosesoever, Obj. whomsoever;               Obj. whomsoever.

WHICHEVER or WHICHSOEVER, applied to persons, animals, and things.

Sing. Nom. whichever,          Plur. Nom. whichever, Poss. -,                Poss. ,     Obj. whichever;                Obj. whichever.

Sing. Nom. whichsoever,        Plur. Nom. whichsoever, Poss. -,                Poss. ,     Obj. whichsoever;              Obj. whichsoever.

WHATEVER or WHATSOEVER, applied ordinarily to things only.

Sing. Nom. whatever,           Plur. Nom. whatever, Poss. ,                 Poss. ,     Obj. whatever;                 Obj. whatever.

Sing. Nom. whatsoever,         Plur. Nom. whatsoever, Poss. -,                Poss. ,     Obj. whatsoever;               Obj. whatsoever.

OBSERVATIONS.

OBS. 1.--Most of the personal pronouns have two forms of the possessive case, in each number: as, my or mine, our or ours; thy or ''thine, your or yours; her or hers, their or theirs''. The former is used before a noun expressed, or when nothing but an adjective intervenes; the latter, when the governing noun is understood, or is so placed that a repetition of it is implied in or after the pronoun: as, "My powers are thine; be thine alone The glory of my song."--Montgomery. "State what mine and your principles are."--Legh Richmond, to his Daughters. Better, perhaps: "State what my principles and yours are;"--"State what your principles and mine are;"--or, "State what are my principles and your own."

"Resign'd he fell; superior to the dart   That quench'd its rage in yours and Britain's heart."--J. Brown.

"Behold! to yours and my surprise,   These trifles to a volume rise."--Lloyd, p. 186.

OBS. 2.--Possibly, when the same persons or things stand in a joint relation of this kind to different individuals or parties, it may be proper to connect two of the simple