Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V Relative Pronouns That, which, and who. The common relatives of Bible English are that, which, and who. That occurs oftener than which and who both together; while who occurs least frequently of all. No rules, however, can be discovered which governed the use of these pronouns with even an approximate invariability. In fact it is exceedingly doubtful whether the translators themselves could distinguish at all clearly between the three relatives in reference, meaning, or usage. Who, of course, always refers to persons except in the case of whose, which, being the only form of possessive relative, refers to both persons and things. That and which constantly refer to both persons and things. Though no marked regularity appears in the use of these pronouns certain general principles which were probably the result of unconscious habit, seem to be followed. To point out some of these tendencies, without even attempting to establish any fixed rules for the use of that, which, and who, is the object of the following discussion. The most general line of distinction between the relatives of the Bible is that which separates restrictive from non-restrictive relative pronouns. A restrictive pronoun introduces a clause which simply places a limitation upon a general or generic antecedent without characterizing it particularly: To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. Lev. 11:47. A non-restrictive, or progressive, pronoun does not restrict, but rather characterizes its antecedent: Of which does not occur with possessive significance. Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. John 10:16. A still treer variety of non-restrictive relative, which occurs...
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