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Yes, the pronouns we, us, our, and ours are used as inclusive pronouns. Thefunctionas inclusive or exclusive pronouns is in the use of the first person, plural forms.


The exclusive use is limited to the pronouns taking the place of nouns for specific people, the speaker and one or more other people. They are exclusive to specific people.


The inclusive use is not limited to specific people, the pronouns are used in place of all of us, people in general. They include everyone. The inclusive use is commonly used in politics and by the media.




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The pronoun 'us' is the first person, plural, objective personal pronoun The personal pronoun 'us' takes the place of a plural noun, or two or more nouns (names) for the persons speaking. The pronoun 'us' functions as the object of a verb or a preposition.

The corresponding first person, plural, subject pronoun is 'we'.

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Object of the verb: The taxi brought us right to the main entrance.

Object of the preposition: For us, one car is affordable, but not two.

Subject: We had a very good time.

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No, the pronoun 'our' is a plural, possessive adjective.

There is no term 'collective pronoun'.

A possessive adjective is a pronoun placed before a noun to describe that noun as belonging to someone or something.

The possessive adjectives are: my, your, our, his, her, their, its.

The possessive adjective 'our' describes a noun as belonging to the speaker and one or more other people.

Example: My sister and I are going to the beach. Our holiday should be fun. (the pronoun 'our' describes the noun 'holiday' as belonging to the speaker and sister)

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