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Pronoun in sentence

11 examples of Pronoun in a sentence

Misuse of the pronoun.
In many languages, the pronoun reflects these differences through what's known as the T–V distinction.
Ironically, it was actually the informal pronoun for people you're close with, while "you" was the formal and polite version.
After all that, it may come as a relief that some languages often leave out the second person pronoun.
In languages like Romanian and Portuguese, the pronoun can be dropped from sentences because it's clearly implied by the way the verbs are conjugated.
Speakers often would rather have the listener guess the pronoun from context than use the wrong one and risk being seen as rude.
Finally, there was a sticky grammar and usage issue in which the pronoun has to have the same grammatical number as its antecedent.
In a language like English, which implicitly categorizes animals as things rather than persons, adopting the personal pronoun would embody the same recognition – and remind us who animals really are.
This use of the singular pronoun made him lose his head, or at least his suspicions vanished; he ventured to clasp in his arms this girl who was so beautiful and inspired such respect in him.
'I should think so,' replied the party addressed, with a strong emphasis on the personal pronoun.
He did not begin by addressing her, and wrote in French, using the plural pronoun you, which in French does not sound as cold and distant as it does in Russian.