Pronoun
['prəʊnaʊn] or ['pronaʊn]
Definition
(noun.) a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase.
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Definition
(n.) A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they.
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Definition
n. a word used instead of a noun.—adj. Pronom′inal belonging to or of the nature of a pronoun.—adv. Pronom′inally.
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Examples
- Because it takes a pronoun after it in the objective case, Miss Peecher. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I should think so,' replied the party addressed, with a strong emphasis on the personal pronoun. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mary Anne hooked her right arm behind her in her left hand, as being under examination, and replied: 'Personal pronoun. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That is what I say, returned Mrs. Mawmsey, who habitually gave weight to her speech by loading her pronouns. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Of the meaning and use of the articles and conjunctions, verbs and adverbs and pronouns he had but the faintest conception. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typist: Nelda