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Pronoun: a word that has taken the place of a noun

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2 Pronoun: a word that has taken the place of a noun
Antecedent: the original noun that the pronoun is referring to The woman runs the company very efficiently. She has saved it from bankruptcy. antecedent antecedent pronoun pronoun

3 Personal Pronouns – refer to specific people or things
Form Singular Plural Second-Person Subject you Object Possessive (Adj) your Possessive (Pronoun) yours Form Singular Plural First-Person Subject I we Object me us Possessive (Adj) my our Possessive (Pronoun) mine ours Form Singular Plural Third-Person Subject He, she, it They Object Him, her, it them Possessive (Adj) His, her, its their Possessive (Pronoun) His, hers, its theirs

4 Reflexive – personal pronouns that refer back to the antecedent (the antecedent is still present in the sentence) Myself Yourself Himself Herself Itself Ourselves Themselves

5 Indefinite – refer to unspecified persons, things, or groups
MANY MORE MOST MUCH NEITHER ALL ANOTHER BOTH EACH EITHER FEW NONE ONE OTHER SEVERAL SOME SUCH

6 Indefinite – refer to unspecified persons, things, or groups
-BODY -ONE -THING ANY ANYBODY ANYONE ANYTHING EVERY EVERYBODY EVERYONE EVERYTHING NO NOBODY NO ONE NOTHING SOME SOMEBODY SOMEONE SOMETHING

7 Demonstrative – refer to particular person(s) or thing(s)
THIS THAT THESE THOSE


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