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What are the pronoun words?

Pronoun words are words that replace nouns. They are used to avoid repetition and make writing more concise. Here's a breakdown of different types of pronouns:

Personal Pronouns

These refer to specific people or things. They change based on:

* Person:

* First person: I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours

* Second person: You, your, yours

* Third person: He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs

* Number:

* Singular: I, me, my, mine, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its

* Plural: We, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs

* Gender:

* Masculine: He, him, his

* Feminine: She, her, hers

* Neuter: It, its

* Common: They, them, their, theirs (can be used for singular or plural, masculine, feminine, or neuter)

Reflexive Pronouns

These refer back to the subject of the sentence. They end in -self or -selves.

* Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Intensive Pronouns

These emphasize the noun or pronoun they refer to. They have the same form as reflexive pronouns.

* I myself did it.

* You yourself can do it.

Demonstrative Pronouns

These point to specific things.

* This, that, these, those

Indefinite Pronouns

These refer to unspecified people or things.

* Some, any, none, all, each, every, both, few, many, several, somebody, anybody, nobody, everybody, something, anything, nothing, everything

Interrogative Pronouns

These are used to ask questions.

* Who, whom, whose, what, which

Relative Pronouns

These connect clauses and refer to a noun in the previous clause.

* Who, whom, whose, which, that, what

Reciprocal Pronouns

These indicate a mutual action or relationship.

* Each other, one another

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