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No, a pronoun takes the place of a noun, like he, she, it, or that.
To make a possessive, you add an apostrophe and the letter "s".The astronomer's telescope was focused on the planet Jupiter.If there is more than one astronomer, the "s" would come after the "r", and then the apostrophe comes AFTER "s".The astronomers' telescopes were all pointed in different directions.The only time you do not use an apostrophe for a possessive is with the third person pronoun "it".The trout's eggs were by the black rock until the fisherman stepped in its nest
Neither. It is a verb.
Lunar is an adjective.
There is no pronoun in your sentence: Joe is a noun (the subject). wanted to be is the verb. a is the article modifying the object noun. meteorologist is a noun (the object).
The pronoun in the sentence is 'what' an interrogative pronoun, a pronoun that introduces a question.The interrogative pronouns are: who, whom, what, which, whose.The antecedent to an interrogative is often the answer to the question, which in this case, the pronoun and the antecedent are the same word.
The pronoun in the sentence is which, an interrogative pronoun.An interrogative pronoun introduces a question. The antecedent of an interrogative pronoun is usually the answer to the question.The interrogative pronouns are: who, whom, what, which, whose.
The interrogative pronoun is who.The antecedent(s) for an interrogative pronoun is usually the answer to the question.Note: Another pronoun in the sentence is 'our', a possessive adjective used to describe the noun 'senators'.
The antecedent to an interrogative pronoun is the noun or noun phrase that the interrogative pronoun refers to or replaces in a sentence. It is the word that the interrogative pronoun is asking about or seeking information on.
The antecedent for the interrogative pronoun what is usually the answer to the interrogative sentence. For example:What did you have for lunch? I had a sub sandwichfor lunch.
The pronoun 'who' is a subjective form of interrogative pronoun and relative pronoun.An interrogative pronoun is introduces a question. The pronoun 'who' takes the place of the noun for the person that is the answer to the question. The interrogative pronoun 'who' functions as the subject of the question.A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause, a group of words that has a subject and a verb, but is not a complete sentence. A relative clause gives information about the antecedent (information that relates to the antecedent). The pronoun 'who' takes the place of the antecedent as the subject of the clause.Examples:Who gave you the flowers? (interrogative pronoun)My neighbor who has a garden gave me the flowers. (relative pronoun)
No, the word 'who' is an interrogative pronoun and a relative pronoun.An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause (a group of words with a subject and a verb but is not a complete sentence). A relative clause gives information 'related' to its antecedent.The pronoun 'who' is a subject pronoun. The corresponding object pronoun is 'whom'.EXAMPLESWho is your date for the dance? (interrogative, the antecedent of the pronoun 'who' is the answer to the question)I met the author who wrote this book. (relative, gives information relating to the antecedent 'author')To whom do I give my application? (interrogative, object of the preposition 'to')
The pronoun 'who' is both an interrogative pronoun and a relative pronoun.The antecedent for the interrogative pronoun'who' is most often the answer to the question.Example: Who is your English teacher? Mr. Grant is my English teacher.The antecedent for the relative pronoun is the noun that the pronoun is giving information about.Example: The flowers were given to me by a neighbor whohas a garden.
An antecedent is the noun or pronoun that a pronoun replaces.Examples:That is Mister Phelps. He is our teacher. (the pronoun 'he' takes the place of the noun antecedent 'Mister Phelps')He introduced himself to me. (the pronoun 'himself' takes the place of the pronoun 'he')Who is our teacher? Our teacher is Mr. Phelps. (the antecedent of an interrogative pronoun is usually the answer to the question)Mr. Phelps comes from somewhere in Ohio. (there is no antecedent needed for the indefinite pronoun 'somewhere')
A pronoun antecedent may appear earlier in the same sentence, in a previous sentence, or it may not appear at all when it is understood by the speaker and the listener.In the case of a interrogative pronoun (What is it?), the antecedent may be found in the answer to the question.
The pronoun 'herself' is a reflexive pronoun, a word that 'reflects back' to its antecedent.The reflexive pronouns are: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
The pronoun 'who' is both a relative pronoun and an interrogative pronoun, depending on use.the pronoun 'who' is a subject pronoun, a word that take the place of a noun as the subject of a sentence or a clause.The relative pronoun 'who' introduces a relative clause (a group of words with a subject and a verb but is not a complete sentence) giving information about its antecedent.The interrogative pronoun 'who' introduces a question. The antecedent of the interrogative is normally the noun or pronoun that answers the question.Examples:The person who called will call back later. (relative pronoun, introduces the relative clause)Who would like some ice cream? (interrogative pronoun, introduces a question)