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pronoun
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a word that takes the palce of a noun |
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antecedent
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is the word for which a pronoun stands |
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personal pronoun
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show by their from whether reference is made to the speaker, to the person spoken to, or to the person spoken about
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compound personal pronoun
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have two uses reflexive and intensive |
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reflexive
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is the term applied to a compound personal pronoun that reflects the action of the verb back to the subject |
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intensive
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the term applied to a compound personal pronoun that is used for emphasis |
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interrogative pronoun
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(who, whom, whose, which, what) |
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demonstrative pronoun
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(this, that, these, those) |
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indefinite pronoun
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do not definitely point out persons or things and do not usually have antecedents |
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list the indefinite pronouns
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each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody, both, few, several, many, some, any, none, all, most |
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relative pronoun
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are used to introduce dependent clauses |
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list the first person personal pronouns
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singular: I , me, my, mine plural: we, us, our, ours |
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list the second person personal pronouns |
plural: you, your, yours |
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list the third person personal pronouns |
singular: he, him, his, she, her Plural: they, them, their, theirs, hers, it, its |