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26 TIHE RELATIVE PRONOUN. [Par. 29.
Carefully distinguish the three uses:(A) " What say you?" (Interrogative.)
(B) " /What you say is true." (Relative.)
(C) "I asked what you said." (Conjunctive.)
If you are asked where are the Antecedents of
the Relatives "what" and "whoever," you can
often supply the Antecedents, thus: —
(1) " What you say, (that) is true."
(2) " Whoever said that, (he) was mistaken."
29 Sometimes, as in the fourth line of the next
exercise, " what " may be parsed either as (1) Conjunctively, or as (2) Relatively used:(1) " What should he do? Harry did not know."
(2) "Harry did not know what, i.e., that which he
should do."
EXERCISE XII.
Parse the Relative Pronouns, and state the Subjects and Objects of the italicized words:Harry's * efforts had almost exhausted him. Wet, weary,
and almost in despair, he stood shivering on the pool's *
brink, looking at the waters from which he had escaped,
not knowing what he should do. Another light began to
dance before him, but the chase he had had after the
light already, made him decide not to pursue it. "I
have had enough of following you, Mr. Traveller," * said
he; " yet what shall I do? If I stand here much longer,
the little strength I have will be exhausted; yet I do not
know which way to turn, and what I have seen of this com