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Definition of Pronoun

Pronouns are words used instead of nouns when the noun is understood from context. The main types of pronouns are personal pronouns like I, you, he, she, it, we, and they which can be subjects or objects. Other pronoun types include possessive pronouns like mine and theirs, interrogative pronouns like who and what, demonstrative pronouns like this and those, relative pronouns like that and which, and indefinite pronouns like everybody and none. Pronouns help avoid repetition and make language more concise and natural.

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Definition of Pronoun

Pronouns are words used instead of nouns when the noun is understood from context. The main types of pronouns are personal pronouns like I, you, he, she, it, we, and they which can be subjects or objects. Other pronoun types include possessive pronouns like mine and theirs, interrogative pronouns like who and what, demonstrative pronouns like this and those, relative pronouns like that and which, and indefinite pronouns like everybody and none. Pronouns help avoid repetition and make language more concise and natural.

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pronoun

  noun
pro·noun | \ ˈprō-ˌnau̇ n  \

Definition of pronoun
1plural  pronouns : any of a small set of words (such
as I, she, he, you, it, we, or they) in a language that are used as substitutes
for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood
in the context
2pronouns  plural : the third person personal pronouns (such
as he/him, she/her, and they/them) that a person goes byWhat are
your pronouns?"I'm Jo, my pronouns are she/her." "I'm Jade,
my pronouns are they/them."… many people with nonbinary genders use
"they" and "their" pronouns, although language and gender expression
vary widely.— Lucy Brisbane

What is a pronoun?More Example SentencesLearn More


About pronoun
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.
Pronouns refer to either a noun that has already been mentioned or to a
noun that does not need to be named specifically.
The most common pronouns are the personal pronouns, which refer to the
person or people speaking or writing (first person), the person or people
being spoken to (second person), or other people or things (third person).
Like nouns, personal pronouns can function as either the subject of a
verb or the object of a verb or preposition: "She likes him,
but he loves her." Most of the personal pronouns have different subject
and object forms:

There are a number of other types of pronouns.


The interrogative pronouns—particularly what, which, who, whom, and whose
—introduce questions for which a noun is the answer, as in "Which do you
prefer?"
Possessive pronouns refer to things or people that belong to someone. The
main possessive pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, and theirs.
The four demonstrative pronouns—this, that, these, and those—distinguish
the person or thing being referred to from other people or things; they are
identical to the demonstrative adjectives.
Relative pronouns introduce a subordinate clause, a part of a sentence that
includes a subject and verb but does not form a sentence by itself. The
main relative pronouns are that, which, who, whom, what, and whose.
Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of a sentence or clause and
are formed by adding -self or -selves to a personal pronoun
or possessive adjective, as in myself, herself, ourselves, and itself.
Indefinite pronouns, such as everybody, either, none, and something, do not
refer to a specific person or thing, and typically refer to an unidentified or
unfamiliar person or thing.
The words it and there can also be used like pronouns when the rules of
grammar require a subject but no noun is actually being referred to. Both
are usually used at the beginning of a sentence or clause, as in "It was
almost noon" and "There is some cake left." These are sometimes
referred to as expletives.

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