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 A pronoun used in order to ask a question. Examples -- › Who, what, which, who, whom, and whose  A pronoun used in order to ask a question. Examples.

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3  A pronoun used in order to ask a question. Examples -- › Who, what, which, who, whom, and whose  A pronoun used in order to ask a question. Examples -- › Who, what, which, who, whom, and whose

4  1. The “who” pronoun in the English language always refers to an animate object.  2. The “what” pronoun in English usually refers to inanimate objects (it has the function of an attribute in a sentence), but sometimes it can refer to animate objects – in cases when someone is interested in the object’s occupation (profession).

5  3. The “which” pronoun in English has the selective meaning. It can be used both for animate and inanimate objects.  4. The “whose” pronoun refers only to animate objects.

6  A relative pronoun is a pronoun that introduces a relative clause. It is called a "relative" pronoun because it "relates" to the word that it modifies. Here is an example: › Examples › The person who phoned me last night is my teacher. › "How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?"

7 1. Who was that creepy person standing outside the school? 2. Which room is used for reading in? 3. Who was eating to much cheese?

8 1. Who 2. Which 3. Who

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