pronoun
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- noun
- /ˈproʊnaʊn/
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pronombre
- Only people with they them pronouns were able to enter.
- personal pronouns
- subject pronouns
- object pronouns
If someone wants to put pronouns in their bio, do it.
- If someone wants to put pronouns in their bio, do it.
- They offer a guide to many other pronoun and noun declensions.
- If he's not using pronouns, he's going to lose his job, right?
- I want him to just be like, I don't care about your pronouns, you know?
- But who knows maybe I like these pronouns and might not be trans.
- Has this patient's pronouns changed again?
- So you can now add your pronouns to your bio on Instagram.
- Do you think changing your pronouns jeopardizes the system?
- It starts with the child adopting a new name and pronouns that fit their chosen gender.
- And the choice of those pronouns obviously has narrative implications, right?
- So people think non binary is just blue hair and they them pronouns, right, But it's not.
- When you start using those first singular pronouns, I, me and my, then we isolate people.
- And referring to me with they them pronouns covers the whole me.
- If I is the lyric pronoun, he is a fictional pronoun.
Examples
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If you accidentally use the wrong gender pronoun, apologize briefly, then continue using the correct term.
Academic text (2011) -
Has this patient's pronouns changed again?
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So the school had changed her name and pronouns behind my back.
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They just got the pronoun wrong.
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People should honour the pronouns others wish to be called.
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I'm sorry, but my pronouns are she and her, not "it."
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I'm just asking because old people have a hard time with pronouns these days, you know?
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So you can now add your pronouns to your bio on Instagram.
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In GALA circles, the practice of changing pronouns is common enough that it is a frequent topic of conversation.
Academic text (2015) -
She prefers to be called by her chosen pronoun in all settings.
Synonyms
A word or phrase that stands in for a noun
Compounds
- Specialized
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A word that refers to a person or thing, for example I, you, he, she
A word used to point to a person, thing or place, for example this and those
- Specialized
A pronoun that refers to a word or name mentioned earlier in the text
- Specialized
A pronoun like myself that points back to the person, animal, or thing doing the action
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pronoun comes from Latin parts pro- meaning 'for' and nomen meaning 'name', so a pronoun is a word used 'for' a name. That's why pronouns like 'he', 'she', 'it', and 'they' stand in for a person's or thing's name.