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" The speaker is called the first person, the person spoken to is called the second person, and any person or thing spoken of is called the third person. "
Easy lessons in English grammar - Page 20
by Lionel Edwardes - 1877 - 120 pages
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A Grammar of the English Language: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to ...

Hugh A. Pue - 1841 - 166 pages
...quired information. The person that speaks, as I told you, at the beginning of the preceding paragraph, is called the first person ; the person spoken to, is called the second person ; and the person spoken of, is called the third person. Now Nouns have no first person ; and for a very good reason...
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The Rudiments of English Grammar and Analysis

Ernest Adams - 1868 - 120 pages
...the person speaking and the person spoken to are called Personal Pronouns. They are / and Thou. 86. The person speaking is called the First Person ; the person spoken to, the Second Person; and all other persons or things are called the Third Person. 87. The Personal Pronouns...
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English grammar and analysis of sentences

John Charles Wright - 1882 - 188 pages
...Future. III. A Pronoun is a word used for a Noun. A Personal Pronoun stands for a person or a thing. The person speaking is called the First Person. The person spoken to is called the Second Person. The person spoken of is called the Third Person. A Compound Personal Pronoun is a Personal Pronoun...
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Eclectic Language Lessons

Mary Elsie Thalheimer - 1886 - 124 pages
...and the third person ? Answer : The one who is speaking is called the first Person ; the one who is spoken to is called the Second Person ; and the person or thing spoken of is said to be in the Third Person. (59) A verb must agree with its subject in person ; that is, its form...
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A Rational Grammar of the English Language

William Bramwell Powell, Louise Connolly - 1899 - 336 pages
...classes of pronouns are adjective, relative or conjunctive, interrogative, and personal. The speaker is called the first person ; the person spoken to is called the second person ; the person or thing spoken of is called the third person. Pronouns are inflected to show number,...
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Sentences and Their Elements

Samuel Chandler Earle, Howard James Savage, Frank Elias Seavey - 1911 - 206 pages
...language of the uneducated. This here (this 'ere) and that there (that 'air). the speaker. The speaker is called the first person, the person spoken to is called the second person, and any person or thing spoken of is called the third person. I (1) wrote to you (2) about him (3). For...
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Sentences and Their Elements

Samuel Chandler Earle, Howard James Savage, Frank Elias Seavey - 1911 - 218 pages
...language of the uneducated. This here (this 'ere) and that there (that 'air). the speaker. The speaker is called the first person, the person spoken to is called the second person, and any person or thing spoken of is called the third person. 1 (1) wrote to you (2) about him (3). For...
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Our English: A Textbook in Composition and Grammar, Book 2

Mary Fontaine Laidley - 1922 - 410 pages
...to; he, she, it, her, him, they, and them refer to persons, places, or things spoken of. The speaker is called the first person; the person spoken to is called the second person; and the person, place, or thing spoken of is called the third person. These pronouns are called personal pronouns....
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An elementary English grammar, arranged in lessons, by Gardner & Sharpe

William Gardner (headmaster of St. Crysostom's sch, Liverpool.) - 1870 - 64 pages
...the person speaking ; you stands for the person spoken to ; and him stands for the person spoken of. The person speaking is called the first person ; the...spoken to is called the second person ; and the person spoken of is called the third person. LESSON LX. PERSONAL PRONOUNS. When the Person, Number, Gender,...
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