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| a word that take the place of one or more nouns |
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| the word or group of words that a pronoun replaces or refers to |
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| a pronoun that refers to a particular person, group, or thing |
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directs the action of the verb toward its subject
points to a noun or pronoun earlier in the sentence
-self or -selves |
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speaker
I; me; my; mine; we; us; our; ours |
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person spoken to
you; your; yours |
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person or thing spoken about
he; him; his; she; her; hers; it; its; they; them; their; theirs |
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| names one person, place or thing |
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| names more than one person, place or thing |
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| shows ownership and takes the place of possessive nouns |
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a pronoun that points to a specific person, place or thing
this, these, that, those |
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adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence
-self; -selves |
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begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another idea in the same sentence
that, which, who, whom, and whose |
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used to begin a question
what, which, who, whom, and whose |
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refers to a person, place, thing, or idea that is not specifically named
another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, little, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone, something; both, few, many, others, several; all, any, more, most, none, some |
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