pronoun : Idioms & Phrases


anaphoric pronoun

  • noun a pronoun that refers to an antecedent
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Demonstrative pronoun

  • noun a pronoun that points out an intended referent
    demonstrative.
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  • (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.
Webster 1913

Personal pronoun

  • noun a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
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  • (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou, he, she, it, and their plurals.
Webster 1913

Possessive pronoun

  • a pronoun denoting ownership; as, his name; her home; my book.
Webster 1913

reciprocal pronoun

  • noun a pronoun or pronominal phrase (as `each other') that expresses a mutual action or relationship between the individuals indicated in the plural subject
    • The sentence `They cared for each other' contains a reciprocal pronoun
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reflexive pronoun

  • noun a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
    reflexive.
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relative pronoun

  • noun a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent
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