Glossary

intensive pronouns	emphasize words they refer to



nouns	words that name persons, places, or things



object pronouns	pronouns that function as the objects of verbs or prepositions; (e.g., Tony helped me.)



possessive pronouns	pronouns that show ownership or possession; (e.g., The keys are mine.)



pronoun	words (e.g., he, she, it, you, they) that take the place of nouns; pronouns (literally "for a noun") are shortcuts that keep you from unnecessarily repeating words in writing; like transitions, pronouns can be used to connect specific evidence in a paper



reflexive pronouns	indicate that sentence subjects did something to or for themselves; they also express the idea of being or acting alone

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