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	What is a Pronoun?
		A possessive pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession and defines who owns a particular object or person.
		The demonstrative pronouns are "this," "that," "these," and "those." "This" and "that" are used to refer to singular nouns or noun phrases and "these" and "those" are used to refer to plural nouns and noun phrases.
		An intensive pronoun is a pronoun used to emphasise its antecedent.
	www.arts.uottawa.ca /writcent/hypergrammar/pronouns.html (0 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A relic of the O.E. pronoun is in Manchester-area dial.
		The verb meaning "to use the pronoun 'thee' to someone" is recorded from 1662, from the rise of Quakerism (see thou).
		pronoun formed by combining the base *þa- (see that) with -s, which is probably identical with O.E. se "the" (representing here "a specific thing"), but it may be O.E. seo, imperative of see (v.) "to behold." Cf.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=pronoun (2317 words)

	UW-Waukesha - OWL - Pronoun Errors
		Pronouns are words such as me, you, he, she, it, we, and they that we frequently use so that we do not have to constantly write out the name of some person, place, or thing.
		The possessive pronoun his in "his best friend" does have a clear antecedent (Bob), but the pronoun in "his yard" could refer to either Bob or the friend; thus, it is confusing.
		When the pronoun in the subject of a clause, we use subjective case; otherwise, we use the objective case.
	waukesha.uwc.edu /academics/owl/pronoun.html (711 words)

	Lagelands Grammar - Possessive pronoun
		personal pronouns, the unstressed form of the possessive pronoun is often the most common one in spoken Dutch, as long as no particular emphasis is needed.
		In that question, the possessive pronoun needs to receive emphasis, because she is contrasting Alan’s house mates’ activities with her own neighbours’ activities.
		To express possession, it is possible to use a construction with proper names instead of possessive pronouns.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /dutch/grammatica/possessive_pronoun.htm (0 words)

	Pronouns
		Grammarians classify pronouns into several types, including the personal pronoun, the demonstrative pronoun, the interrogative pronoun, the indefinite pronoun, the relative pronoun, the reflexive pronoun, and the intensive pronoun.
		A possessive pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as a marker of possession.
		Pronouns and verbs must agree in number, so this is testing proper use of singular and plural personal pronouns.
	newton.uor.edu /facultyfolder/rider/pronouns.htm (2221 words)

	Pronouns (Pronoun Case)
		The possessive case pronoun is used to show ownership.
		While a possessive adjective may modify a noun, a possessive pronoun replaces the adjective and the noun with a single word.
		Possessive pronouns allow you to reduce repetition and wordiness in your sentences.
	owlet.letu.edu /grammarlinks/pronouns/pronoun3d4.html (91 words)

	P.11-GRAMMAR: PARTS OF SPEECH
		A possessive adjective (``my,´´ ``your,´´ ``his,´´ ``her,´´ ``its,´´ ``our,´´ ``their´´) is similar or identical to a possessive pronoun; however, it is used as an adjective and modifies a noun or a noun phrase, as in the following sentences: I can't complete my assignment because I don't have the textbook.
		Note that the possessive pronoun form ``yours´´ is not used to modify a noun or a noun phrase.
		Here the possessive adjective ``their´´ modifies ``parents´´ and the noun phrase ``their parents´´ is the object of the preposition ``by.´´ Note that the possessive pronoun form ``theirs´´ is not used to modify nouns or noun phrases.
	www.angelfire.com /ca4/essayist/page11.html (3852 words)

	AUE: FAQ excerpt: Where to put apostrophes in possessive forms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		PRONOUNS The ONLY personal possessive pronoun with an apostrophe is "one's".
		The standard rule: Use 's for the singular possessive, and a bare apostrophe after the plural suffix -s or -es for the plural possessive.
		For nouns where there is some difference of opinion over whether the possessive suffix should be -'s or a bare apostrophe (that is, those nouns where a final unstressed syllable ends with an [s] or [z] sound) some native speakers use a lengthened final consonant intermediate between /z/ and /z@z/.
	alt-usage-english.org /excerpts/fxwheret.html (811 words)

	French Pronouns
		Direct object pronouns are used to replace nouns (people or things) that receive the action of the verb in a sentence, while indirect object pronouns are used to replace nouns (people or things) in a sentence to which the action of the verb occurs.
		The indirect object pronouns are used usually with the prepositions à (to) or pour (for).
		Je le lui donne (I give it to him) the first pronoun is subject (I), the second pronoun is direct object (le), the third one is indirect object (lui) because it is the one to which the action is occurring.
	french.speak7.com /french_pronouns (792 words)

	What Is An Adjective?
		Here the possessive adjective ``her'' modifies the noun ``homeland'' and the noun phrase ``her homeland'' is the object of the preposition ``to.'' Note also that the form ``hers'' is not used to modify nouns or noun phrases.
		Here the possessive adjective ``their'' modifies ``parents'' and the noun phrase ``their parents'' is the object of the preposition ``by.'' Note that the possessive pronoun form ``theirs'' is not used to modify nouns or noun phrases.
		Note that the relationship between a demonstrative adjective and a demonstrative pronoun is similar to the relationship between a possessive adjective and a possessive pronoun, or to that between a interrogative adjective and an interrogative pronoun.
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/adjectve.html (925 words)

	Pronoun Reference
		When you are checking pronoun reference then, not having an antecedent--one specific noun or pronoun or two or more nouns or pronouns that are joined so as to act as one antecedent for a pronoun--is a major technical error.
		Relative pronouns often are used to refer to an entire situation that has been described prior to the use of the relative pronouns; however, relative pronouns require clear, specific nouns or pronouns acting as their antecedents, just as personal pronouns do.
		While the use of relative pronouns can become quite complicated (such as deciding when to use the compound relative pronoun whomever as opposed to whoever), a good rule of thumb for freshman writers to keep in mind is to try to place the simple relative pronouns in the list above immediately after their antecedents.
	www.octech.org /icourses/eng/eng155/ProRef.html (1419 words)

	Pronouns — FactMonster.com
		A demonstrative pronoun may look like a demonstrative adjective, but it is used differently in a sentence: it acts as a pronoun, taking the place of a noun.
		An interrogative pronoun may look like an interrogative adjective, but it is used differently in a sentence: it acts as a pronoun, taking the place of a noun.
		pronoun - pronoun pronoun, in English, the part of speech used as a substitute for an antecedent noun that is...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0885483.html (405 words)

	Possessive Pronouns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Please note that none of the possessive pronouns are spelled with an apostrophe.
		See Apostrophes with Pronouns for more on this.
		Because of the possible confusion, use possessive pronouns with gerunds.
	englishplus.com /grammar/00000023.htm (91 words)

	englishcam/possessive pronouns
		Pronouns are used in grammar in the same way as nouns are.
		Possessive pronouns and adjectives are used to indicate the ownership of something.
		That is all for this lesson on possessive pronouns and adjectives.
	conversa1.com /possessivepronouns.htm (198 words)

	Possessive Pronoun Usage - Wholly Genes Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		I am using the possessive pronoun for the Principal [PP], but my problem is that there is no possessive pronoun for Principal Other [PO].
		However, the lack of a possessive pronoun availability for the [PO] variable seems to be a shortcoming in flexibility.
		For example, a possessive pronoun for witnesses is very helpful, because you will not in general know how many witnessess there might be, nor their sex(s).
	www.whollygenes.com /forums201/index.php?act=findpost&pid=24697 (1118 words)

	Pronouns
		The clause involving the relative pronoun is part of the prepositional phrase beginning with "for." However the relative pronoun does not serve simply as the object of this preposition.
		This pronoun belongs to the clause "that the culprit was she." In this clause, "culprit" is the subject and "she" is the subject complement.
		You apparently know that this pronoun serves as the subject complement of the verb "was." A "to be" verb always calls for a subjective pronoun, because it names either a subject or a subject complement.
	www.meredith.edu /grammar/pronouns.htm (3367 words)

	Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns
		Most languages have a special pronoun which is used exclusively in predicates to replace a pronoun that would refer to the same object as the subject refers to.
		Again, this pronoun is used to refer to a possessor identical with the subject of a sentence.
		English has no correlate of the possessive reflexive pronoun; in English the regular possessive pronoun is used regardless of whether the reference is identical with the subject.
	www.alphadictionary.com /rusgrammar/reflexive.html (422 words)

	grammar7
		It is a polite possessive personal pronoun/adjective, used to address with the elder, younger and the same age people.
		It is a polite masculine pronounce, used to address to the elder, younger or the inferior to the superior in fa fromal situation.
		The noun immediately follow by the pronoun is usually recognized as the possesson of that pronoun.
	www.seasite.niu.edu /khmer/Reading/intermediate/unit7/grammar7.htm (507 words)

	pronoun--function of in english grammar
		A pronoun is a substitute for a noun.
		The pronoun she is preceded by a noun and refers to that noun.
		Relative pronouns may be used in complex sentences, i.e., sentences that have an independent clause and a subordinate clause.
	www.iscribe.org /english/pron.html (1055 words)

	Possessive Forms
		Possessive forms are frequently modifiers for verb forms used as nouns, or gerunds.
		When a possessive noun is followed by an appositive, a word that renames or explains that noun, the apostrophe +s is added to the appositive, not to the noun.
		The double possessive construction is sometimes called the "post-genitive" or "of followed by a possessive case or an absolute possessive pronoun" (from the Oxford English Dictionary, which likes to show off).
	grammar.ccc.commnet.edu /grammar/possessives.htm (1651 words)

	German Grammar: Possessive Pronoun
		The possessive pronouns are declined (according to case, gender and number of the possessed object) in the same way is the indefinite articles.
		In this case, the same possessive pronouns are used in German, but the strong adjective declension is used.
		Those special possessive pronouns are virtually never used in genitive case.
	www.germanlanguageguide.com /german/grammar/possessive-pronoun.asp (207 words)

	Pronoun Case
		The case of the noun or pronoun on the right side of the linking verb must equal the case of the noun or pronoun on the left (or subject) side of the linking verb.
		Nouns and pronouns take the objective form in other capacities as well, such as when appearing as retained objects, objective complements, and the subjects and objects of infinitive phrases.
		Replace the subjective pronoun I (or we, he, she, or they) with the objective pronoun that is correct in Standard Written English.
	www.octech.org /icourses/eng/eng101/procs.html (1365 words)

	Grammatically Correct: Understanding Possessive Pronouns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A possessive pronoun is a pronoun used to define who or what “owns” a particular object or person.
		Usually when showing possession, it is necessary to add an apostrophe or an apostrophe and an ‘s’ to the end of a word.
		This is not the case with possessive pronouns.
	www.uhv.edu /ac/student/writing/grammartip083005.htm (345 words)

	Faulty Pronoun Reference
		Me is an objective case pronoun; therefore, it is the correct one to use as the object of the preposition between.
		As with subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects, sometimes a pronoun may be used next to a noun object of a preposition (but not as compound).
		If you are confused about which pronoun to choose next to an object of the preposition, block out the rest of the object of the preposition and see which pronoun sounds correct.
	wwwnew.towson.edu /ows/ModuleCASE.htm (2202 words)

	Vocab Vitamins -- Reference
		When a personal pronoun is connected by a conjunction to another noun or pronoun, its case does not change.
		When a pronoun and a noun are combined (which will happen with the plural first- and second-person pronouns), choose the case of the pronoun that would be appropriate if the noun were not there.
		The reflexive pronouns (which have the same forms as the intensive pronouns) indicate that the sentence subject also receives the action of the verb.
	www.vocabvitamins.com /reference/pointers_full.php?file=full_pronouns.html (2196 words)

	Possessive Pronouns, Adjectives, and Conjunctions
		Possessive form- Personal pronouns do not take an apostrophe because they already show ownership; the words themselves change form.
		First person singular possessive pronouns are my and mine; their plural forms are our and ours.
		When trying to decide whether to use pronouns especially: your, its, and their, ask yourself, "Can I substitute the pronoun with the words you, are, it is and they are?" If so, use the contractions; if not use the possessive pronoun.
	www.geocities.com /sugarcookie263/article8.htm (340 words)

	Pronoun Case
		Pronoun Case is really a very simple matter.
		Objective case: pronouns used as objects of verbs or prepositions.
		In compound structures, where there are two pronouns or a noun and a pronoun, drop the other noun for a moment.
	owl.english.purdue.edu /handouts/grammar/g_proncase.html (0 words)

	Introduction to Swedish - What is yours like?
		Possessive pronouns are simply pronouns that show who owns something: My, your [singular], his, her, its, our, your [plural], their.
		Only the "us" pronouns (my, your, ours) have separate forms for en words and ett words, similar to the endings for the adjectives; for the others there is only one form.
		Even most Swedes many times find it difficult to tell when to use ‘sin’ or a regular possessive pronoun when a sentence becomes more complex, so you need not to be overly concerned about mastering it at this stage.
	www2.hhs.se /isa/swedish/chap5.htm (1331 words)

	Pronouns
		The problem of agreement between a pronoun and its antecedent and between a pronoun and its verb is treated in another section on Pronoun-Antecedent Consistency.
		When a personal pronoun is connected by a conjunction to another noun or pronoun, its case does not change.
		When a pronoun and a noun are combined (which will happen with the plural first- and second-person pronouns), choose the case of the pronoun that would be appropriate if the noun were not there.
	grammar.ccc.commnet.edu /grammar/pronouns1.htm (1871 words)

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