ars ▁of ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁stated ▁that ▁whose ▁" is ▁sometimes ▁used ▁to ▁supply ▁to ▁place ▁of ▁the ▁possess ive ▁case , ▁otherwise ▁wanting , ▁to ▁the ▁relative ▁which "; ▁he ▁c ited ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁cases ▁of ▁its ▁use ▁and ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁pres cribe ▁against ▁it ▁and ▁their ▁rational es , ▁and ▁concluded : ▁" G ram m ari ans ▁would ▁perhaps ▁differ ▁less , ▁if ▁they ▁read ▁more ." ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁Standard ▁of ▁Us age ▁in ▁English ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 8 , ▁the ▁American ▁literary ▁historian ▁Thomas ▁L oun s bury ▁assert ed ▁that ▁the ▁in animate ▁whose ▁" had ▁been ▁employed ▁as ▁a ▁relative ▁to ▁ante ced ents ▁den oting ▁things ▁without ▁life ▁by ▁every ▁author ▁in ▁our ▁literature ▁who ▁is ▁entitled ▁to ▁be ▁called ▁an ▁authority ". ▁ ▁John ▁Less lie ▁Hall ▁published ▁his ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁subject ▁in ▁his ▁English ▁Us age ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 7 ; ▁he ▁discovered ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 0 ▁pass ages ▁by ▁about ▁ 1 4 0 ▁authors ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries ▁that ▁used ▁the ▁in animate ▁whose , ▁including ▁use ▁by ▁those ▁who ▁had ▁object ed ▁to ▁it ▁or ▁declared ▁its ▁use ▁rare . ▁ ▁Hall ▁considered ▁" auth ors ▁that ▁avoid ▁whose   ... ▁a ▁small ▁minor ity " ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁using ▁of ▁which ▁the ▁in ▁its ▁place ▁was ▁rare ▁in ▁spoken ▁American ▁English . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁A ▁Dictionary ▁of