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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''. |
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