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== Pronoun ==
== Pronoun ==
* "pro" = for; "noun"
* "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
** subject
** object
** object
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** comparisons
** comparisons
** see [https://www.dummies.com/education/language-arts/grammar/how-to-pick-pronouns-for-comparisons/ How to Pick Pronouns for Comparisons (Dummies)]
** 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"?  
* "She is better at it than me" vs "She is better at it than I"?  
** both work:  
** both work:  
*** "than I' = "She is better than I am"  << = "than" is a conjunction
*** "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
*** "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]]  
* 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 ==
== Verb ==