Pronouns

Rachel loves Jake---She loves him. You guys need to settle down. (combination of pronoun and noun) You students wrote a lot in the wiki. (combination of pronoun and noun) || Used to eliminate repetition || Subject: "I, he, she, we they" Object: "me, him, her, us, them" || Adding too many pronouns which could create confusion about what/who the subject is. ||
 * **__Pronouns__** ||  ||
 * **Definition:** || Replaces the noun. ||
 * **Examples:** || Sam gave Michelle a book---He gives it to her.
 * **The function:** || Can be used in the place of an object or subject
 * **Where it appears in the sentence:** || In the same spot as the noun it replaced ||
 * **Grammatical Forms associated with it:** || Subject and Object forms (p. 427 "Practical English Usage")
 * **Problems learners may have with it:** || Combining a pronoun and a noun can create confusion as to if there are two different subjects.


 * POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES**

That is **her** cat. That cat is **hers**.

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