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Advanced Pronoun Information
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Incomplete Constructions with Than or As
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In constructions with
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than
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or
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as
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, part of the phrase is implied.
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Complete the phrase to tell which pronoun to use.
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He likes frogs better than she.
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(better than she does)
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He likes frogs better than her.
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(better than he likes her)
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Demonstrative Pronouns
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When
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this
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,
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that
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,
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these
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, and
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those
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are used alone, they are
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nouns instead of adjectives. Demonstrative pronouns
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identify people or things.
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This
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is a very nice rug.
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Those
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are pretty flowers.
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The demonstrative pronoun can indicate distance.
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This
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is my house;
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that
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is my sister's. (This one is nearby;
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that one is farther away.)
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Indefinite Pronouns
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Indefinite pronouns refer to no specific person or thing. They
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are often used to make general statements or to show how
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much or how many:
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Everybody
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knows how upset she was.
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Most
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of the band members showed up for practice.
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Below are some common indefinite pronouns:
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all everybody no one
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another everyone one
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any everything other
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anybody few several
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anyone many some
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anything much somebody
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both most someone
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each neither something
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each one nobody such
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either none
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Predicate Nominative
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"It's me" has become commonly accepted in informal
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English, but it is not proper in formal written English.
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Remember, "
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Be
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takes the nominative." Nominative refers to
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the "case" of the pronoun when it is used as the subject (
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I
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,
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not
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me
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).
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It is I. Was it she? It might have been they.
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Clear Reference
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The pronoun must clearly refer to an antecedent noun. "She
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saw them" has no meaning unless you know to which "she"
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and "them" the sentence refers. See Clear Pronoun
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Reference, below, for more information.
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Related Information
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Clear Pronoun Reference
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Personal Pronoun with Indefinite Pronoun
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About Personal Pronouns
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