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Poor nun disfigured herself, perhaps
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pronoun
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pronoun \Pro"noun\, n. [Pref. pro- + noun: cf. F. pronom, L. pronomen. See Noun .] (Gram.) 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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from pro- and noun ; modeled on Middle French pronom , from Latin pronomen , from pro- "in place of" + nomen "name, noun" (see name (n.)). A loan-translation of Greek antonymia .
Usage examples of pronoun.
The possessive case of the personal pronouns never take the apostrophe, as ours, yours, hers, theirs.
After each of the misapplied pronouns a verb is understood of which each pronoun is the subject.
Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, participle, conjunction, preposition, interjection.
The noun or pronoun that completes a prepositional phrase or the meaning of a transitive verb.
There also exist certain other pronouns that likewise appear as separate words, though they are closely related to the corresponding pronominal endings.
PRONOUNS In addition to the possessive noun suffixes and the pronominal suffixes for verbs, there are nine PRONOUNS which are individual words.
I have chosen to use the natural and obvious pronouns for male and female, and to represent the intermediates - or apices - with whatever pronominal term best indicates their place in their society, relative to the existing sexual power-balance of yours.
I have chosen to use the natural and obvious pronouns for male and female, and to represent the intermediates - or apices - with whatever pronominal term best indicates their place in their society, relative to the existing sexual power-balance of yours.
Or maybe the distinction between inclusive and exclusive forms is not upheld in the dual pronouns?
Anglo-Saxon element supplies the essential parts of speech, the article, pronoun of all kinds, the preposition, the auxiliary verbs, the conjunctions, and the little particles which bind words into sentences and form the joints, sinews and ligaments of the language.
A feature of nouns, pronouns, and a few verbs, referring to singular or plural.
The words denoting kindred, the pronouns, the conjugations, and the declensions, corresponded closely to those of the Tartar tribes of Siberia.
We have also pointed out that Quenya pronouns usually appear as endings, not so often as separate words as in English.
It is, however, somewhat uncertain whether the endings for genitive and possessive should be added to such independent pronouns.
Neither Ballard nor Gunther ever used the neuter pronoun in reference to the creature.