NOTE.  A noun is sometimes put in apposition with a sentence; as,
    “The sheriff has just seized and sold his valuable library—­(which
    was) a misfortune that greatly depressed him.”

FALSE SYNTAX.

    We ought to love God, he who created and sustains all things.

The pronoun he in this sentence, is improperly used in the nominative case.  It is the object of the action of the transitive verb “love,” and put by apposition with “God;” therefore it should be the objective case, him, according to Rule 7. (Repeat the Rule, and correct the following.)

    I saw Juliet and her brother, they that you visited.

    They slew Varus, he that was mentioned before.

    It was John, him who preached repentance.

    Adams and Jefferson, them who died on the fourth of July 1826, were
    both signers and the firm supporters of the Declaration of
    Independence.

    Augustus the Roman emperor, him who succeeded Julius Cesar, is
    variously described by historians.

RULE VIII.

Two or more nouns, or nouns and pronouns, in the singular number, connected by copulative conjunctions, must have verbs, nouns, and pronouns, agreeing with them in the plural; as, “Socrates and Plato were wise; they were eminent philosophers.”

NOTE 1.  When each or every relates to two or more nominatives in the singular, although connected by a copulative, the verb must agree with each of them in the singular; as, “Every leaf, and every twig, and every drop of water, teems with life.”

2.  When the singular nominative of a complex sentence, has another noun joined to it with a preposition, it is customary to put the verb and pronoun agreeing with it in the singular; as, “Prosperity with humility, renders its possessor truly amiable;” “The General, also, in conjunction with the officers, has applied for redress.”

FALSE SYNTAX.

    Coffee and sugar grows in the West Indies:  it is exported in large
    quantities.

Two singular nouns coupled together, form a plural idea.  The verb grow is improper, because it expresses the action of both its nominatives, “coffee and sugar,” which two nominatives are connected by the copulative conjunction, and; therefore the verb should be plural, grow; and then it would agree with coffee and sugar, according to Rule 8. (Repeat the Rule.) The pronoun it, as it represents both the nouns, “coffee and sugar,” ought also to be plural, they, agreeably to Rule 8.  The sentence should be written thus.  “Coffee and sugar grow in the West Indies:  they are exported in large quantities.”

    Time and tide waits for no man.

    Patience and diligence, like faith, removes mountains.