E. A. Abbott, A Shakespearean Grammar, GRAMMAR., PRONOUNS., PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. He for him

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PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Anomalies, explanation of

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. He for him

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. He for him

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Him for he; I for me

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Him for he; I for me

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Me for I; she for her

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Me for I; she for her

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Thee for thou; after "to be"

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Thee for thou; after "to be"

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Them for they; us for we

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Them for they; us for we

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. anomalies of, between a conjunction and an infinitive, or where the pronouns are separated from the words on which they depend

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. His for 's

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. His, her, your, &c., antecedents of relatives

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Our, your, &c., used for "of us," "of you"

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Me, thee, him, &c., used as datives

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Your, colloquial use of

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Our used with vocatives

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Him, her, &c., for "himself," "herself"

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. He and she for "man" and "woman"

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Pronoun for pronominal adjective

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. It quasi-redundant with verbs

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. It emphatic as antecedent

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Its post-Shakespearian

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Her for its in Shakespeare and Milton

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. " Me rather had;" " I were better;" " I am sorrow"

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Thou between intimate friends, but not from son to father

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Thou from master to servant, you a mark of anger

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Thou an insult, except to friends and inferiors

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Thou in direct appeals, you in dependent clauses

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Thou, apparent exceptions

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Ye and you; difference between

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. My, mine; thy, thine; difference between

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Mine, hers, used for my, her

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Yours; "this of yours "

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. transposed

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Thou omitted

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Pronoun redundant after a conjunctional clause

PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. Pronoun in other cases

RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

RELATIVAL CONSTRUCTIONS.

VERBS, FORMS OF.

VERBS, AUXILIARY.

VERBS, INFLECTIONS OF.

VERBS, MOODS AND TENSES.

IRREGULARITIES.

COMPOUND WORDS.

SIMILE AND METAPHOR.

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PRONOUNS, PERSONAL. He for him

He for him:

“Which of he or Adrian, for a good wager, begins to crow?
”
Tempest, ii. 1. 28.

Some commentators insert "them" after "which of." (See 408.)

“I would wish me only he.
”
Coriol. i. 1. 236.

“And yet no man like he doth grieve my heart.
”
R. and J. iii. 5. 84.

“From the first corse till he that died to-day.
”
Ham. i. 2. 104.

where "till" is a preposition. See Prepositions, Till, 184.

A Shakespearean Grammar. Edwin Abbott Abbott. London and New York. Macmillan and Company. 1870.

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