A pronoun is a grammatical word which we use instead of a NOUN or NOUN PHRASE.
Pronouns can be subject, object, or complement in a sentence. They can also follow a preposition. They have a very general meaning (either definite or indefinite).
There are the following kinds of pronoun in English.
PERSONAL PRONOUNS | reflixive pronouns | demonstrative pronouns |
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I, you, he, her, we, they, them (including POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: hers, mine, ours) |
myself, herself, yourself, themselves | this, that, these, those |
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS |
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all, any, none, some, each, everyone, anyone, nobody, no one, somebody, someone, something, etc. |
relative pronouns |
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who (whom, whose), what, which (including also WH-EVER pronouns) |
The PERSONAL PRONOUNS are by far the most common type of pronoun. They're important for making texts "cohere", that is, for COHESION - see also REFERENCE.
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