2C2 »n personal pronouns, Oct. lo. 



1 1 2 



" him to morrow to dinner, where he will expect him 



Jama John 'James 



1 



" with some impatience, as he will be always proud to 

 Jh, 

 31 -; 



" (how him every civility in his power, not only en his 



Garge J'j/jk^s Gccrgc's 



1 .3 



^' own account, from the personal regard he bears him, 



JJ;n Garge 



3 I 



" but also on account of his father, who was his muck 



Georgc''s Jubii^s 



" respected friend. 



2 5 



" If he will also desire him to come with an intention 



Jumes Gecrge 



I I 



" to spend the evening with him, It will give him an ad- 



Jobn J^kn 



1 



" ditlcnal pleasure 5 and in that case he will endeavour to 



John 



.3 . . .3 3 



" 'have some of his old friends to meet with him, whom lie 



Gecrge's George George 



" will probably be glad to see. 



Should such a card as this be sent to anj person, 

 in the present state of our language, the adjuncts 

 above and below the line being omitted, it would 

 be justly laughed at, as a most absurd composition, 

 that could not be easily decyphered. If, however, 

 there was a particular pronoun appropriated to each 

 of the persons mentioned in the card, the ambiguity 

 would be totally removed, and it would be under- 

 r.tood with as great facility as any other composi- 

 tion in our language. To illustrate this proposition, 

 we lli'all, for a moment, suppose that the pronoun of 



