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Nouns and pronouns act as the subject, the direct object, or the indirect object of sentences, phrases, and clauses.

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What two parts of speech can be a direct object?

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Which sentence positions cannot be filled by a pronoun?

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Is a pronoun considered a noun?

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What is A part of speech that replaces a nearby noun or noun phrase?

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What is a position of pronoun?

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What are sentence element that can be used as nouns or noun substitutes?

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Can a pronoun also be a noun?

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What parts of speech is''what''?

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What parts of speech is of?

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What is functions of pronoun in a sentence?

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