Questions tagged [pronouns]
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase.
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Reported speech - pronoun change rule
An exercise on reported speech has the following:
Choose the correct answer:
David said, “Can we go tomorrow?”.
A. David said if we can go tomorrow.
B. David asked if we could go the following day.
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I can’t stand much more of this
I can’t stand much more of this.
I can't stand much of this.
I can't stand more of this.
I can't stand of this.
In no.1, what's the part of speech of 'much' and 'more'? I think 'much' modifies 'more'....
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Difference between a determiner and a pronoun?
What I learnt -
Can someone please clarify if the words in bold are determiners or pronouns?
Each of my teachers has long hair.
Both of my close friends live in Scotland.
Either of these plans sounds ...
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object pronoun + gerund
"Sometimes, I like a few things about being a social media influencer. /
me being a social media influencer.
I have seen people use the first structure, but also the second structure with ...
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“Only vs itself” which one should I use?
Should I use "itself" or "only" when I say I don't have something.
Example:
a. itself: I don't have insta ID itself
b. only: I don't have insta ID only
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When referring to a large entity (such as an organisation), do we use singular or plural? [duplicate]
Microsoft are forcing people to switch to Windows 11, or
Microsoft is forcing people to switch to Windows 11?
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Is 'more other' grammatically correct?
Consider the following sentence:
Within your template, the dependsOn element enables you to define one resource dependent on one or more other resources.
Is it grammatically correct to use 'more ...
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which is something you often do
a. Tom blames himself and Jack does too.
Could that sentence mean that Jack blames Tom too, or does it always mean that Jack blames himself?
b. I talked to my mother, and you did too.
I think that one ...
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"What" or "which" in questions presuming picking out object(s) in mind first and identifying their belonging to some class in the definitive answer
I have two subtly different situations.
There are two pictures in one of which some (living) things are present that are absent in the other. How should one correctly put questions of this type: &...
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The use of its vs. their for numbers
The title of my work is:
"RANKING FUZZY NUMBERS AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO FUZZY
DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS"
Kindly suggest whether the word "its" needs to be changed to "their&...
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Should "this" be replace by "it"?
I remember I learned somewhere that when using "this" again, better change to "it"? But why does the book use "this" in the second question? Is the book wrong or what I ...
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What type of "it" is used in "It had been agreed…"?
What type of "it" is used in this sentence:
It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones was safely out of the way.
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pronoun "it" question in context
If your dog pesters you for petting when you need to be doing something else, break off visual
contact with him. You can use your torso to push him away with a body block (remember not to use
your ...
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Can I use "they" to refer to the singular "population"?
Can I use "they" to refer to the singular "population"?
An aging population can heavily strain public health systems, a drawback that far
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How to pronounce and detect 'd
Could someone show me how to pronounce it and detect it when hearing
I'd
You'd
he'd
it'd
we'd
they'd
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