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pro·noun (prō′no̵un′)

noun

Gram. any of a small class of relationship or signal words that assume the functions of nouns within clauses or phrases while referring to other locutions within the sentence or in other sentences: I, you, them, it, ours, who, which, myself, anybody, etc. are pronouns

Etymology: altered (infl. by noun) < MFr pronom < L pronomen < pro, for + nomen, noun

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pronoun Synonyms

pronoun

n.

Types of pronouns include: personal, possessive, demonstrative, relative, definite, indefinite, interrogative, substantive, intensive, reflexive, reciprocal.


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pronoun Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.

Preposition: in

  • literacy: How to identify adverbs, adjectives and pronouns in literacy.

Adjective modifier

  • possessive: Which possessive pronouns can you see in the article?

Modifies a noun

  • placement: No subjects had previous knowledge of pronoun placement in European Portuguese, the domain chosen for teaching in this study.

Noun used with modifier

  • second-person: We will also be looking at the use of second-person pronouns in email exchanges.
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