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☆☆☆☆☆A pronouns is a small word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. We can use a pronoun instead of a noun. When we use pronouns, we don't have to repeat the same noun every time we refer to it, and pronouns help sentences flow more smoothly and make them easier to say.
Examples:
Mary and John have asked for volunteers to help Mary and John paint Mary and John's house.
OR, using pronouns:
Mary and John have asked for volunteers to help them paint their house.
Sandy got a new puppy. Sandy's new puppy got Sandy's new puppy's paws in the mud and tracked Sandy's new puppy's muddy footprints all over Sandy's kitchen floor.
OR, using pronouns:
Sandy got a new puppy. Her new puppy got his paws in the mud and tracked his muddy footprints all over herkitchen floor.
The kinds of pronouns are:
personal pronouns; I, you, we, he, she, it, me, us, him, her, they, them.
demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those.
possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, their, its.
interrogative pronouns: who, whom, what, which, whose.
reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
intensive pronouns: reflexive pronouns used to emphasize.
reciprocal pronouns: each other, one another.
relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, that.
indefinite pronouns: all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, enough, everybody, everyone, everything, few, fewer, less, little, many, more, most, much, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, none, one, other, others, several, some, somebody, someone, something, such, and they (people in general).
More example Sentences:
David reads the paper;he reads it every morning.
The pronoun 'he' replaces the noun 'David' and 'it' replaces 'paper'.
The boys didn't make the team and they were very sad.
The pronoun 'they' replaces the noun 'boys'.
Jane sent her mother yellow roses which are herfavorite flowers.
The relative pronoun 'which' replaces the noun 'roses' and the possessive adjective 'her' stands in for the possessive noun 'Jane's'.
There a three catagories of problems: political, economic, and social. social is what is happening with the people. Economic is what is happening in the buisness field, and political problem is referring to the government! Hope this helps!
The wrap-up and the clincher sentence
"In the sentence below, identify the pronoun and its antecedent?"
In this sentence the pronoun is its.
The antecedent for the possessive adjective its is the noun pronoun.
true
Splicing is not a recording technique. It is an editing technique.
For A+, it's Radiant Energy.
Cubism
If you mean grammatically correct, then no. "This book can't be checked out of the library" would be acceptable.
decisions about lens focus
Anything not about you would not be appropriate ... the weather, for example.
The relative pronouns who, whom, whose, which, that. That's all there is.
Some of the best adventure holidays for a family would include a trip to Disneyland, a camping trip, a trip to the Grand Canyon, a trip to Egypt to see the pyramids, a trip to Thailand and ride Elephants
Omniscient
upper-class families of ireland - apex
Crusoe loses his newly built roof to an earthquake.
Premier
they want to criticize socially accepted values (Apex)
Expressionists
Respect animals and pets
Clincher sentence
The SUV is definitely the way to go.
