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Is they a noun if not what is it?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

The word 'they' is a pronoun called a personal pronoun.

A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.

A personal pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun for a specific person or thing.

The pronoun 'they' takes the place of a plural noun or two or more nouns as the subject of a sentence or a clause.

The corresponding objective pronoun is 'them' which takes the place of a plural noun or two or more nouns as the object of a verb or a preposition.

Examples:

Jack and Jill went up the hill. They went to fetch some water.

The children went up the hill. They went to fetch some water.

Jack and Jill went up the hill. They took a bucket with them.

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