The Antecedent Of A Conjunctive Pronoun is the noun or pronoun to which it joins the clause.

Exercise 178

How was the conjunctive use of the conjunctive pronoun made clear in § 142? Select the conjunctive pronouns and show that each has a conjunctive use. Make a list of the different words that you find used as conjunctive pronouns.

1. She has gone to New York, which was her birthplace.

2. I have seen the bird that you describe.

3. Mary Brown, who is very generous, gave me these flowers.

4. The girl who did the mischief should repair it.

5. The people whom we respect must be honest.

6. He who does his best should be praised.

7. The girl to whom you spoke is my cousin.

8. That is the man whose farm joins ours.

Exercise 179. Review

Show that a noun may be used as (1) subject, (2) predicate attribute of classification, identification, or material, (3) object, (4) predicate attribute of the object, (5) possessive modifier, (6) appositive, (7) adverbial adjunct, (8) object of preposition, and (9) precisely like an adjective. Illus- trate the special kind of adverbial adjunct called the indirect object.