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Grammar

Pronouns

A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Why is this statement false?
  

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Who is saying that it IS false? The word "pronoun" means: "something that substitutes for a noun" (Pro-noun). him, her, she, he, it They are all substitutions for a noun (including a proper noun) that has (usually) already been mentioned, are they not?

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  • Who is saying that it IS false?
  • The word "pronoun" means: "something that substitutes for a noun" (Pro-noun).
  • him, her, she, he, it They are all substitutions for a noun (including a proper noun) that has (usually) already been mentioned, are they not?
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Who is saying that it IS false?

The word "pronoun" means: "something that substitutes for a noun" (Pro-noun).

him, her, she, he, it

They are all substitutions for a noun (including a proper noun) that has (usually) already been mentioned, are they not?

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What something substitutes for a man and for a woman?
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Hi,

For a man, it is he/him.

For a woman, it is she/her.

Example: "As the woman left, SHE dropped HER book."

We could say: "As the woman left, THE WOMAN dropped THE WOMAN'S book."

But that is clumsy and repetitive, and also sounds as if there might be three women involved.

We already know the subject is "the woman", so we don't need to k
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Pronouns take the place of a noun phrase so just saying that a pronoun takes the palce of a
noun
is incorrect.
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