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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'.
Language that does not discriminate against individuals or groups
Demographic change means there has been a change in the population. The demographic can change in terms of its size, the age of the demographic, lifestyle expectations etc.
The wrap-up and the clincher sentence
Inclusive pronoun use can help make a sentence gender neutral.
"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.
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Splicing is not a recording technique. It is an editing technique.
A variety of sentence pattern can alleviate choppy writing that halts and stops, create a more dynamic flow, and pique the reader's interest.
Personal pronouns have number (singular or plural), gender (male, female, neuter), and case (subjective, objective, possessive).
The singular personal pronouns are: I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it.
The plural personal pronouns are: we, us, you, they, them.
The personal pronouns for a male are: he, him, you, they, them.
The personal pronouns for a female are: she, her, you, they, them.
The neuter personal pronouns are: it, they, them.
The subjective personal pronouns are: I, we, you, he, she, it, they.
The objective personal pronouns are: me, us, you, him, her, it, them.
The possessive personal pronouns are: mine, ours, yours, his, hers, its, theirs.
The possessive adjectives are: my, our, your, his, her, its, their.
If you mean grammatically correct, then no. "This book can't be checked out of the library" would be acceptable.
Any student who plans to travel this summer should be prepared to raise funds for his own travel experience.
decisions about lens focus
Anything not about you would not be appropriate ... the weather, for example.
The study was rejected because it was biased.
Their views are very biased.
I felt biased at the conference.
Which kind of film is most likely to use high-key lighting
The relative pronouns who, whom, whose, which, that. That's all there is.
How a film is made and includes the film's exposure, framing, and length of each shot
editing
When Shiloh reared back on his hind legs, tangling the reins in my hand, I knew I was in trouble.
Costumes
Clincher sentence
In the given sentence, the pronoun 'which' is an interrogative pronoun, because it introduces a question.
The pronoun 'which' can also function as a relative pronoun, if the sentence read, "The beach which I like best is West Beach". In this example, the pronoun 'which' introduces the relative clause, 'which I like best'.
