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In [[:Category:Linguistics|linguistics]] and [[:Category:Grammar|grammar]], a '''pronoun''' is a pro-form that substitutes for a noun phrase. The replaced phrase is the antecedent of the pronoun.

; Demonstrative : deictic words that indicate which entities a speaker refers to, and distinguishes those entities from others.
; interrogative : a function word used for the item questioned in a question.
; Personal : a part of grammar that relate to objects of a sentence, usually (but not always), people or animals.
; possessive : a part of speech that attributes ownership to someone or something.
; relative : a pronoun that marks a relative clause within a larger sentence.

== List of Pronouns ==
Below is a ''nearly'' exhaustive list of English pronouns. They are ''personal'', ''demonstrative'', ''indefinite'', ''intensive'', ''interrogative'', and ''reflexive'' (not in alphabetical order yet):

# all
# its
# something
# another
# itself
# that
# any
# many
# their
# anybody
# me
# theirs
# anyone
# mine
# them
# anything
# my
# themselves
# both
# myself
# these
# each
# neither
# they
# either
# nobody
# this
# everbody
# none
# this
# everyone
# no one
# us
# everything
# nothing
# we
# few
# one
# what
# he
# others
# which
# her
# our
# who
# hers
# ours
# whom
# herself
# ourselves
# whose
# him
# several
# you
# himself
# she
# your
# his
# some
# yours
# I
# somebody
# yourself
# it
# someone
# yourselves

== Archaic pronouns ==

=== Personal pronouns ===
* thee
* thou
* thy
* thine
* thyself
* thineself

=== Collective pronouns ===
* mine
* ye

=== Examples ===

The following are examples of archaic second person singular pronoun in English (they were used wherever we would say you to indicate only one person):
* '''Thou''' ''wast'' in the next room. (one person, subject)
* '''Ye''' ''were'' in the next room. (several people, subject)
* I ''saw'' '''thee''' in the next room. (one person, object)
* I ''saw'' '''you''' in the next room (several people, object)
* ''That'' is '''thy''' room. (one person, possessive)
* ''That'' is '''your''' room. (several people, possessive)
* ''That'' room is '''thine'''. (one person, predicate possessive)
* ''That'' room is '''yours'''. (several people, predicate possessive)

=== Example sentences ===

* I saw '''thee and thy''' friend John getting into a car.
* '''Wast thou''' going somewhere with him?
* I saw '''thee''' sitting behind the wheel, so I thought '''thou wert''' (or '''thou wast''') the driver.
* Was the car his or '''thine'''?
* I didn't know '''thou hadst thy''' license.

== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoun Wikipedia article on '''Pronouns''']

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	A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun; as, "John gave his pen to James and he lent it to Jane to write her copy with it." Without the pronouns we would have to write this sentence,—"John gave John's pen to James and James lent the pen to Jane to write Jane's copy with the pen."		A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun; as, "John gave his pen to James and he lent it to Jane to write her copy with it." Without the pronouns we would have to write this sentence,—"John gave John's pen to James and James lent the pen to Jane to write Jane's copy with the pen."

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 * Was the car his or '''thine'''?
 * I didn't know '''thou hadst thy''' license.
 == External links ==