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Pronouns share word class with......... (which other category)?
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Type of reference in which a pronoun takes its meaning from a noun or noun phrase mentioned in the text
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Type of reference in which a pronoun takes its meaning from a noun or noun phrase mentioned outside the text (context)
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Pronouns are highly inflected for grammatical properties, such as:
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What does DEITIC REFERENCE mean for pronouns?
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What does EXPLETIVE IT mean in English grammar?
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What are the possible FUNCIONS that OBJECT PRONOUNS can fulfill in a sentence?
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What´s the name of the type of pronoun that appears in CAPITAL LETTERS in this sentence? "I amused MYSELF by watching funny videos on the internet."
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What´s the correct form of the pronoun for this sentence: "You should always depend on ______ rather than on someone else."
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What are POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS in English?
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Which of the following best describes the uses of "this", "that", "these", and "those"?
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Which type of PRONOUN can be used to refer to people and things in a general way?
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Write an example of a relative pronoun
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Adjectives, nouns, adverbs and lexical verbs belong to an OPEN WORD GROUP because more/new words can be added/created; PRONOUNS belong to a CLOSED WORD GROUP (along with Prepositions, Auxiliary verbs and Deteminers), because there´s no possibility of adding/creating new ones.
Examples of POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS are: MINE, YOURS, HERS, HIS, ITS, OURS, THEIRS.
Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses: "The man WHO wrote my favourite book" / "The book WHICH she bought from me"
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