Pronouns

What Is A Pronoun?

What is a pronoun?

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Examples: he, she, it, they, someone, who

Pronouns can do all of the things that nouns can do. They can be subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, object of the prepositions, and more.
Heck, the word pronoun even has the word noun in it!
Let's look at a few examples.

• Erik Weihenmayer is a blind mountain climber. (noun)
• He is a blind mountain climber. (pronoun)

Do you see how the pronoun he took the place of the noun Erik Weihenmayer? We can also put the noun and pronoun in the same sentence.

• Not only is Erik Weihenmayer a mountain climber, but he is also a motivational speaker.

If we didn't have pronouns, we would have to write that sentence like this.

• Not only is Erik Weihenmayer a mountain climber, but Erik Weihenmayer is also a motivational speaker.

That doesn't sound good! Thank goodness for pronouns!
If we didn't have them, we would have to keep saying Erik Weihenmayer every time that we wanted to refer to him. (Look! I just used the pronoun him to refer to Erik Weihenmayer!)
So, what is a pronoun? Close your eyes and see if you can remember the definition!


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