“Some place the bliss in action, some in ease;
   Those call it pleasure, and contentment, these.”

They, those.  As it is the office of the personal they to represent a noun previously introduced to our notice, there appears to be a slight departure from analogy in the following application of it:  “They who seek after wisdom, are sure to find her:  They that sow in tears, sometimes reap in joy.”  This usage, however, is well established, and they, in such constructions, is generally employed in preference to those.

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III.  The indefinite are those which express their subjects in an indefinite or general manner. List:  some, other, any, one, all, such, both, same, another none.  Of these, one and other are declined like nouns. Another is declined, but wants the plural.

The indefinite adjectives, like the indefinite article, leave the meaning unfixed, or, in some degree, vague.  With a slight shade of difference in meaning, we say, Give me a paper, one paper, any paper, some paper, and so on.  Though these words restrict the meaning of the noun, they do not fix it to a particular object.  We therefore call them indefinite.

These adjectives, or adjective pronouns, frequently belong to nouns understood, in which situation they should be parsed accordingly; as “You may take either; He is pleased with this book, but dislikes that (book;) All (men) have sinned, but some (men) have repented.”

The words, one, other, and none, are used in both numbers; and, when they stand for nouns, they are not adjectives, but indefinite pronouns; as, “The great ones of the world have their failings;” “Some men increase in wealth, while others decrease;” “None escape.”

The word “ones,” in the preceding example, does not belong to a noun understood.  If it did, we could supply the noun.  The meaning is not “the great one men, nor ones men,” therefore one is not an adjective pronoun; but the meaning is, “The great men of the world,” therefore ones is a pronoun of the indefinite kind, representing the noun men understood, and it ought to be parsed like a personal pronoun.  The word others, in the next example, is a compound pronoun, equivalent to other men; and should be parsed like mine, thine, &c.  See Note 4th, page 100.

I will now parse two pronouns, and then present some examples for you to analyze.  If, in parsing the following exercises, you should be at a loss for definitions and rules, please to refer to the compendium.  But before you proceed, you may commit the following

SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.

The order of parsing an ADJECTIVE PRONOUN, is—­an adjective pronoun, and why?—­distributive, demonstrative, or indefinite, and why?—­to what noun does it belong, or with what does it agree?—­RULE.