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 == Pronoun ==
 * "pro" = for; "noun"
-* refer to a noun in oder to avoid repetition
+* pronouns refer to a noun in order to avoid repetition of the noun
-* pronoun forms
+** ex., "The horse likes to eat oats. It then likes to sleep." as opposed to "The horse likes to eat oats. The horse likes to sleep."
+* pronoun forms include:
 ** subject
 ** object
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 ** comparisons
 ** see [https://www.dummies.com/education/language-arts/grammar/how-to-pick-pronouns-for-comparisons/ How to Pick Pronouns for Comparisons (Dummies)]
+=== pronoun antecedents or precedents to nouns or ideas ===
+* pronouns reference a previously or sometimes later stated noun or idea
+** ''pronoun antecedent'' (noun comes before the pronoun) to a previously stated noun:
+*** "The sky is entirely blue. It's a pretty color."
+** pronoun antecedent to a previously stated idea:
+*** "The sky is entirely blue. It makes me happy."
+** pronoun precedent (pronoun comes before the noun) to a subsequently stated noun (uncommon):
+*** "It went well, but the test was still hard."
+=== pronouns than can also be a determiner or a conjunction ===
+* pronouns can also be determiners, subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns that act distinctly
+** "that" can be:
+*** "That is the question!"  << "that" = pronoun/ subject of the sentence
+*** "That point is irrelevant" << "that"= adjective / determiner (specifies "point")
+*** "The point that is irrelevant is not the question" << "that" = relative pronoun/subject of the relative clause ("that is irrelevant")
+** "any" can be:
+*** "Any difficulty is to be ignored." << "any" = determiner / adjective
+**** note that the subject is "difficulty" and not "any"
+*** "Any of you guys want candy?" << "any" = pronoun / subject
+**** "of you guys" = prepositional phrase, which is never the subject of a sentence
+**** "any" can act as a singular or plural pronoun
+***** "Any is better than none"
+***** "Any of them are crazy"
+click EXPAND for example of "any" as a determiner and not subject pronoun on CB practice test 9, question 35:
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
+<pre>						Any New
+York City construction project using municipal funds
+[35] ____  required to consider whether historical artifacts
+will be affected during construction... </pre>
+A) are <br>
+B) have been <br>
+C) is <br>
+D) were<br>
+* the subject of the clause is "project" and not "any" or "funds"
+** therefore, the subject-verb agreement is "project is" (third person singular conjugation "is")
+* A) ''are'' is designed to fool the student into match "any" or "funds" as plural (conjugating as "are")
+**  here, "any" is a determiner/adjective that modifies "project"
+*** thus, "any", "New York City," and "construction" are all adjective modifiers
+**** any = determiner(adjective) that describes "project"
+**** New York City = attributive noun that describes "project"
+**** construction = attributive that describes "project"
+**  here, "funds" is an object of the present participle adjective "using" (verb acting like an adjective)
+*** thus, "using" and "funds" are a modifying phrase to describe "project"
+</div>
-==== prepositions in comparisons ====
+==== pronouns in comparisons ====
 * "She is better at it than me" vs "She is better at it than I"?
 ** both work:
 *** "than I' = "She is better than I am"  << = "than" is a conjunction
 *** "than me" = She is better at it than me" < = "than" is a preposition
 * see [[List of word parts of speech & their grammar rules|List of word parts of speech & their grammar rules - School4Schools.com Teacher Lesson Planner & Student Study Guide]]
 == Verb ==