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  • Demonstrative Pronoun s

  • --- They say that this sandwich is tastier than that one.

  • --- It doesn't get any better than this.





  • Relative Pronoun s

  • --- Jane did all the work that I was supposed to do.

  • --- He is the man who stole my bicycle.

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In Linguistics and Grammar , a pronoun is a Pro-form that substitutes for a Noun Phrase . The replaced phrase is normally the '''antecedent''' of the pronoun.

For example, consider the sentence "John gave the coat to Alice." Any of the three nouns in the sentence can be replaced by '' refer to and understand the meaning of the sentence.

A pronoun can also be precedent, as "He" is in the (run-on) sentence: "He gave it to her, John did."

The use of pronouns is particularly welcome when it prevents repetitions. For example "John took the coat and John gave the coat to Alice." can be expressed more effectively by "John took the coat and he gave it to Alice."


COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS

As can be seen by the examples, pronouns are not restricted to personal pronouns.

Also, note that in the sentence
If you think

the word "your" is a Possessive Adjective , not a pronoun. In fact, in that context, "your" stands for a Determiner Phrase , and not a Noun Phrase , and so its Lexical Category is Determiner . However, some call possessive adjectives ''determinative possessive pronouns''.

Similarly, in the sentence
They say that

the word "this" is not a pronoun, but a Demonstrative Adjective , also called ''determinative demonstrative''.