Pronouns

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What is a pronoun?

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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition.

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What is a personal pronoun?

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A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing, such as 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it', 'we', 'they'.

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What is a reflexive pronoun?

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A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence, such as 'myself', 'yourself', 'himself', 'herself', 'itself', 'ourselves', 'themselves'.

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What is an intensive pronoun?

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An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or another pronoun, such as 'myself', 'yourself', 'himself', 'herself', 'itself', 'ourselves', 'themselves'.

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What is a demonstrative pronoun?

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A demonstrative pronoun points to specific things or people, such as 'this', 'that', 'these', 'those'.

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What is a relative pronoun?

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A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause and relates to a noun mentioned earlier, such as 'who', 'whom', 'whose', 'which', 'that'.

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What is an interrogative pronoun?

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An interrogative pronoun is used to ask questions, such as 'who', 'whom', 'whose', 'which', 'what'.

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What is a possessive pronoun?

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A possessive pronoun shows ownership, such as 'mine', 'yours', 'his', 'hers', 'its', 'ours', 'theirs'.

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What is the difference between 'its' and 'it's'?

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'Its' is a possessive pronoun meaning 'belonging to it', while 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is' or 'it has'.

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What is the function of the pronoun 'whose'?

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'Whose' is used to ask about ownership.