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B1[C]a word that is usedinsteadof anounor anounphrase: 代词 Pronouns are often used to refer to anounthat has already beenmentioned.代词常用于指代已提到过的名词。 "She", "it", and "who" are allexamplesof pronouns.she，it 和 who 都是代词。 Someone's pronouns are the way theychooseto be referred toaccordingtotheirgenderidentity: Her pronouns are "she/her", but she is alsohappywith "they/them". It might behelpfultoshareyourpronouns whenintroducingyourself. Somepeopleincludetheirpronouns in thesignaturelineoftheiremails. - In thesentence'This is mybrother', 'this' is ademonstrativepronoun.
- In thesentence, "Shepridesherself on doing a goodjob", "herself" is areflexivepronoun.
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See more results » GrammarPronouns We use pronouns in place of nouns and noun phrases:… Pronouns: indefinite (-body, -one, -thing, -where) Somebody, anyone, everything, etc. are indefinite pronouns.… Pronouns: personal (I, me,you,him,it,they, etc.) We use personal pronouns in place of noun phrases. We often use them to refer back to people and things that we have already identified (underlined):… Subject and object pronouns Personal subject pronouns act as the subject of a clause. We use them before a verb to show who is doing the verb. We do not usually leave out the pronoun:… I,me We use I and me to refer to the speaker or writer. I is the subject form and me is the object form:… You We use you to refer to the listener or reader. It is both the subject and the object form. You can refer to one person or more than one person. It is usually clear from the context whether you is singular or plural:… He,him;she,her He, him, she and her are singular third person pronouns. He and him are the masculine forms. She and her are the feminine forms:… It We use it to refer to things:… We,us We use we and us to refer to different groups of people, but always including the speaker. We and us can refer to the speaker + the listener, or the speaker + other people but not the listener, or people in general including the speaker:… They,them We use they and them to refer to specific groups of people, things and animals:… Pronouns: possessive (my,mine,your,yours, etc.) We use pronouns to refer to possession and ‘belonging’. There are two types: possessive pronouns and possessive determiners. We use possessive determiners before a noun. We use possessive pronouns in place of a noun:… Pronouns: reflexive (myself,themselves, etc.) Reflexive pronouns end in -self or -selves. They refer back to the subject forms of personal pronouns (underlined in the example below):… Reflexive pronouns for same subject and object We often use reflexive pronouns when the subject and the object of the verb refer to the same person or thing:… Reflexive pronouns for emphasis We can use reflexive pronouns for emphasis:… Reflexive pronouns +bymeaningalone We often use reflexive pronouns with by to mean ‘alone’ or ‘without any help’:… Reflexive pronouns for politeness We sometimes use reflexive pronouns instead of personal pronouns for politeness, but not as the subject of a clause:… B1a word that is usedinsteadof anounor anounphrase 代词Pronouns are often used to refer to anounthat has already beenmentioned.代词常用于指代已提到过的名词。 "She", "it", and "who" are allexamplesof pronouns.she，it 和 who 都是代词。 - In thesentence'This is mybrother', 'this' is ademonstrativepronoun.
- In thesentence, "Shepridesherself on doing a goodjob", "herself" is areflexivepronoun.
GrammarPronouns We use pronouns in place of nouns and noun phrases:… Pronouns: indefinite (-body, -one, -thing, -where) Somebody, anyone, everything, etc. are indefinite pronouns.… Pronouns: personal (I, me,you,him,it,they, etc.) We use personal pronouns in place of noun phrases. We often use them to refer back to people and things that we have already identified (underlined):… Subject and object pronouns Personal subject pronouns act as the subject of a clause. We use them before a verb to show who is doing the verb. We do not usually leave out the pronoun:… I,me We use I and me to refer to the speaker or writer. I is the subject form and me is the object form:… You We use you to refer to the listener or reader. It is both the subject and the object form. You can refer to one person or more than one person. It is usually clear from the context whether you is singular or plural:… He,him;she,her He, him, she and her are singular third person pronouns. He and him are the masculine forms. She and her are the feminine forms:… It We use it to refer to things:… We,us We use we and us to refer to different groups of people, but always including the speaker. We and us can refer to the speaker + the listener, or the speaker + other people but not the listener, or people in general including the speaker:… They,them We use they and them to refer to specific groups of people, things and animals:… Pronouns: possessive (my,mine,your,yours, etc.) We use pronouns to refer to possession and ‘belonging’. There are two types: possessive pronouns and possessive determiners. We use possessive determiners before a noun. We use possessive pronouns in place of a noun:… Pronouns: reflexive (myself,themselves, etc.) Reflexive pronouns end in -self or -selves. They refer back to the subject forms of personal pronouns (underlined in the example below):… Reflexive pronouns for same subject and object We often use reflexive pronouns when the subject and the object of the verb refer to the same person or thing:… Reflexive pronouns for emphasis We can use reflexive pronouns for emphasis:… Reflexive pronouns +bymeaningalone We often use reflexive pronouns with by to mean ‘alone’ or ‘without any help’:… Reflexive pronouns for politeness We sometimes use reflexive pronouns instead of personal pronouns for politeness, but not as the subject of a clause:… pronoun| American Dictionarygrammara word that is usedinsteadof anounor anounphrase: Pronouns are often used to refer to anounthat has beenpreviouslymentioned. "She," "it," "them," and "who" are allexamplesof pronouns. grammara word that is usedinsteadof anounor anounphrase: Pronouns are often used to refer to anounthat has beenpreviouslymentioned. "She," "it," "them," and "who" are allexamplesof pronouns. Examplesofpronounpronoun In general, reflexive pronouns do not form a large percentage of postverbal pronouns.From theCambridge English Corpus This pattern was maintained at 4 years except that verb-alone responses were replaced with morepronoun-verb responses.From theCambridge English Corpus The samepronounis used for both masculine and feminine individuals and for subject and object case roles.From theCambridge English Corpus Apronounwas coded as ' uncertain ' if its referent could not be determined.From theCambridge English Corpus I am now in a position to suggest that the best and most promising way of understanding quasi-indicators is along the lines of logophoric pronouns.From theCambridge English Corpus Most of the recurring verbs (have, do, make) do not establish useful selectional preferences, and most of the noun phrases are actually semantically weak pronouns.From theCambridge English Corpus The children's utterances were coded for the informational status of any referring expressions using four categories: full noun,pronoun, null, and no response.From theCambridge English Corpus Thepronounit might have been a bit awkward here followed by plus.From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, in natural discourse of all kinds, for both adults and children, pronouns are strongly preferred over full nouns, especially as subjects.From theCambridge English Corpus This suggests that readers' initial strategy was to assign co-reference between the subjectpronounin the second clause and the subject of the first clause.From theCambridge English Corpus Likewise, the obligatory fronting of this constituent places even the zeropronounin the normal position of the relatives.From theCambridge English Corpus However, the relevant correlation of stress and deictic use appears to be restricted to third-person pronouns.From theCambridge English Corpus This construction also has apronounsubject, but it repeats the reference to "we" from the adult question, with the needed object specifically named postverbally.From theCambridge English Corpus The figure shows that all personal pronouns except for the third-person singular ones have increased.From theCambridge English Corpus The subject of this sentence (any listener) is grammatically singular, but thepronoun, which refers back to it, is plural (their).From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. CollocationswithpronounpronounThese are words often used in combination withpronoun. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. feminine pronoun Most case errors occurred with the feminine pronoun. From theCambridge English Corpus masculine pronoun Despite themasculinepronoun, the medium's receptivity is culturally marked as feminine. From theCambridge English Corpus plural pronoun By definition, this plural pronoun includes oneself and at least one other individual. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |