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No, tough is a an adjective, word that describes a noun: She's a tough customer.

The word tough is also an adverb, a word that modifies a verb: He talks tough but he's all talk.

The word tough is even a noun: He acts like the neighborhood tough.

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun:

A tough threw a rock at my car but the officer caught up to him. He was promptly arrested. (the pronouns 'him' and 'he' take the place of the noun 'tough')

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Is were a pronoun?

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What kind of grammar word is these?

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