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a noun substitute
pronoun
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the noun that a pronoun refers to
antecedent
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what are the personal pronouns
person (first, second, third) number (singular, plural) gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and case (subjective, objective, possessive)
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point out objects, persons, places, or ideas; they can be used any way a noun can be used in a sentence
demonstrative pronouns
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are generally used to ask questions
interrogative pronouns
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are used as direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepostitions; they always refer to the subject
reflexive pronouns
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emphasize a noun or a pronoun already in the sentence, but they do not function as part of the sentence pattern
intensive pronouns
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do not refer to specific persons or things, usually dont have antecedents
indefinite
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