But a pronoun should agree with its antecedent in gender, &c.

according to the fifth rule of syntax.
_Which_ should _therefore_ be _who_, a relative pronoun, agreeing with its antecedent _man_; and the sentence should stand thus: 'The man is prudent _who_ speaks little.'"-- _Murray's Octavo Gram._, Vol.

ii, p.

18; _Exercises_, 12mo, p.xii.

Again: "'After I visited Europe, I returned to America.' This sentence," says Murray, "_is not correct_; because the verb _visited_ is in the imperfect tense, and yet used here to express an action, not only past, but prior to the time referred to by the verb _returned_, to which it relates.