Pronoun
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A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetitionof it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she,it, we, ye, and they.
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A noun that has lost its amateur status.
A word that replaces a common or proper noun. Pronouns can fall into sub-categories: subject, object, relative, prepositional, interrogative, reflexive, and demonstrative. -
Someone asking you what [pronouns] you prefer - it is a [jargon] phrase for identifying your gender. Ie male, female, [neutral], etc.
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A word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this).
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