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Words that substitute for nouns or noun phrases are:Read the answer and worked solution →Every pronoun must match the noun it replaces in gender and:Read the answer and worked solution →The noun that a pronoun replaces is called its:Read the answer and worked solution →In Mariah said she wanted to go home, the antecedent of she is:Read the answer and worked solution →When Lizzie smacked her arm into the glass window, she broke it. The problem here is:Read the answer and worked solution →The grammatical function of a pronoun in a sentence is its:Read the answer and worked solution →In I like pizza, the pronoun I is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →In Laura gave him the baseball, the pronoun him is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →In The cat picked up its toy, the word its shows:Read the answer and worked solution →The object form matching the subject pronoun we is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is correct: The pizza was delivered to Jasmine and ___?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is correct: Jasmine and ___ ordered pizza for dinner?Read the answer and worked solution →Pronouns that reflect back to the same person or thing, such as himself, are:Read the answer and worked solution →Reflexive pronouns always end in:Read the answer and worked solution →Pronouns such as everybody, nobody and nothing, which do not point to a known noun, are:Read the answer and worked solution →How many demonstrative pronouns are there?Read the answer and worked solution →In That car is mine, the word that works as:Read the answer and worked solution →In That is my car, the word that works as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these sentences uses it correctly?Read the answer and worked solution →In This car has its problems, the word its is correct because it shows:Read the answer and worked solution →Who or whom wrote the book? The correct choice is who because who equates to:Read the answer and worked solution →This is for ___? The correct choice is whom because whom is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the pronounsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the pronoun typesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the pronoun casesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the grammar wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Subject or objectRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the pronoun typesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Pronoun bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Words that substitute for nouns or noun phrases are:

  1. Pronouns
  2. Adverbs
  3. Articles
  4. Prefixes
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Correct answer: A. Pronouns

1. They stand in for a noun already mentioned. 2. They are one of the eight parts of speech. 3. These are pronouns. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 20, Editing Focus: Pronouns (CC BY 4.0)._

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Every pronoun must match the noun it replaces in gender and:

  1. Spelling
  2. Number
  3. Colour
  4. Length
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Correct answer: B. Number

1. Gender is masculine, feminine or neuter. 2. The other match is singular or plural. 3. So it must match in number. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 20, Editing Focus: Pronouns (CC BY 4.0)._

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The noun that a pronoun replaces is called its:

  1. Antecedent
  2. Adjective
  3. Adverbial
  4. Attribute
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Correct answer: A. Antecedent

1. It usually appears earlier in the sentence. 2. The pronoun comes later. 3. That noun is the antecedent. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 20, Editing Focus: Pronouns (CC BY 4.0)._

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