“The Pronoun sometimes stands for a name; sometimes for an adjective, a sentence, or a part of a sentence; and, sometimes, for a whole series of propositions.”—­Peirce cor.

   “The self-applauding bird, the peacock, see;
    Mark what a sumptuous pharisee is he!”—­Cowper cor.

SECTION VI.—­THE EROTEME.

CORRECTIONS UNDER RULE I.—­OF QUESTIONS DIRECT.

“When will his ear delight in the sound of arms?  When shall I, like Oscar, travel in the light of my steel?”—­Ossian, Vol. i, p. 357.  “Will Henry call on me, while he shall be journeying south?”—­Peirce cor.

“An Interrogative Pronoun is one that is used in asking a question; as, ‘Who is he? and what does he want?’”—­P.  E. Day cor. “Who is generally used when we would inquire about some unknown person or persons; as, ‘Who is that man?’”—­Id. “Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever?”—­Zech., i. 5.

“It is true, that some of our best writers have used than whom; but it is also true that they have used other phrases which we have rejected as ungrammatical:  then why not reject this too?—­The sentences in the exercises, with than who, are correct as they stand.”—­Lennie cor.

“When the perfect participle of an active-intransitive verb is annexed to the neuter verb to be, what does the combination form?”—­Hallock cor. “Those adverbs which answer to the question where? whither? or whence? are called adverbs of place.”—­Id. “Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?  It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?”—­SCOTT, ALGER, BRUCE, AND OTHERS:  Job, xi, 7 and 8.

   “Where, where, for shelter shall the wicked fly,
    When consternation turns the good man pale?”—­Young.

UNDER RULE II.—­OF QUESTIONS UNITED.

“Who knows what resources are in store, and what the power of God may do for thee?”—­STERNE:  Enfield’s Speaker, p. 307.

“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent:  hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”—­SCOTT’S BIBLE, ALGER’S, FRIENDS’, BRUCE’S, AND OTHERS:  Numb., xxiii, 19.  “Hath the Lord said it, and shall he not do it? hath he spoken it, and shall he not make it good?”—­Lennie and Bullions cor.

   “Who calls the council, states the certain day,
    Who forms the phalanx, and who points the way?”—­Pope’s Essay.

UNDER RULE III.—­OF QUESTIONS INDIRECT.