ETYMOLOGY

[Letter

come to the Syntax of pronouns; but the matter isof such great moment, that l could not refrain fromgiving you an intimation of it here.

67- The DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS areso called, because they more particularly mark, or de-monstrate, the nouns, before which they are placed,or for which they sometimes stand. They are, This,These, That, Those, and What. The use of them is sowell known, and is liable to so little error, that my chiefobject in giving them this separate place, is, to showyou the difference between That, when a relative andwhen not a relative. Take an example ; “ That manis not the man, as far as I am able to discover, that

came hither last night.’’ The first of these Thatsdoes not relate to the man; it merely poiuts him out:but the latter relates to him, harries you back to him,and supplies the place of repetition. This same word,That, is sometimes a Conjunction: as, “ That man is“ not the man, as far as I can discover, -that came hi-“ ther last night, and that was so ill that he could“ hardly walk.’’ The relative is repeated in the thirdThat: but, the fourth That is merely a conjunction,serving to connect the effect of the illness with the cause.

68. Perhaps a profound examination of the matterwould lead to a proof o-f That being always a pro-noun ; but, as such examination would be more curiousthan useful, I shall content myself With having clearlyshown you the difference in its offices as a relative, as ademonstrative, and as a conjunction.

69. What, together with who, whose, whom, andwhich, are employed in asking questions, and are,sometimes, ranged under a separate head, and calledinterrogative pronouns. I have thought this unne-cessary ; but, here is an observation of importance to