e is_ the
power, and _thine is_ the glory, forever;" and this repetition is still
more emphatic, and perhaps more proper, than the elliptical form. The
repetition of the conjunction "_and_," in the original text as above, adds
time and emphasis to the reading, and makes the singular verb more proper
than it would otherwise be; for which reason, the following form, in which
the Rev. Dr. Bullions has set the sentence down for bad English, is in some
sort a _perversion_ of the Scripture: "Thine is the kingdom, the power, and
the glory."--_Bullions's E. Gram._, p. 141.

OBS. 9.--When the nominatives are of different _persons_, the verb agrees
with the first person in preference to the second, and with the second in
preference to the third; for _thou_ and _I_, or _he, thou_, and _I_, are
equivalent to _we_; and _thou_ and _he_ are equivalent to you: as, "Why
speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, _thou and Ziba divide_
the land."--_2 Sam._, xix. 29. That is, "divide _ye_ the land." "And _live
thou_ and thy _children_ of the rest."--_2 Kings_, iv, 7. "That _I_ and thy
_people have found_ grace in thy sight."--_Exodus_, xxxiii, 16. "_I_ and my
_kingdom are_ guiltless."--_2 Sam._, iii, 28. "_I_, and _you_, and _Piso_
perhaps too, _are_ in a state of dissatisfaction."--_Zenobia_, i, 114.

"Then _I_, and _you_, and _all_ of us, _fell_ down,
Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over _us_."--_Shak., J. Caesar_.

OBS. 10.--When two or more nominatives connected by _and_ are of the same
form but distinguished by adjectives or possessives, one or more of them
may be omitted by ellipsis, but the verb must be plural, and agree with
them all; as, "A literary, a scientific, a wealthy, and a poor man, _were
assembled_ in one room."--_Peirce's Gram._, p. 263. Here four different men
are clearly spoken of. "Else the rising and the falling emphasis _are_ the
same."--_Knowles's Elocutionist_, p. 33. Here the noun _emphasis_ is
understood after _rising_. "The singular and [the] plural form _seem_ to be
confounded."--_Lowth's Gram._, p. 22. Here the noun _form_ is presented to
the mind twice; and therefore the article should have been repeated. See
Obs. 15th on Rule 1st. "My farm and William's _are_ adjacent to each
other."--_Peirce's Gram._, p. 220. Here the noun _farm_ is understood after
the possessive _William's_, though the author of the sentence foolishly
attempts to explain it otherwise. "Seth's, Richard's and Edmund's _fa