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A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun.  A pronoun can refer to a person, place, thing, or idea.  The word that a pronoun refers to is called the antecedent. 

Following Downing (2006:56) pronoun is a a word that takes the place of a noun.

There are different kinds of pronouns.

1. Personal Pronoun 

Pronouns such as we, I, he, them, and it are called personal pronouns.  Personal pronouns have a variety of forms to indicate different persons, numbers, and cases. 

2. Subject Pronoun
The subject of a verb does the action of the verb. The personal pronouns I, you,
he, she, it, we and they can all be used as the subject of a verb.

3. Object Pronoun

An object pronoun is used as a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of a preposition.

4. Possesive Pronoun

A possessive pronoun is a personal pronoun used to show ownership or relationship.

5. Reflexive and Intensive pronoun

A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and directs the action of the verb back to the subject.  Reflexive pronouns are necessary to the meaning of a sentence.

 An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or another pronoun in the same sentence.  Intensive pronouns are not necessary to the meaning of a sentence.

6. Interrogatives and Demonstratives

An interrogative pronoun is used to introduce a question. 

Demonstrative pronoun points out a person, place, thing, or idea.  This, that, these, and those.

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