pronoun

• But Fournier's point was undermined by the fact that at least 13 of those uses of the pronoun were about Clinton's support for Obama, the importance of the 2008 election, or what matters in the election. —  Crooks and Liars
• The antecedent of a pronoun is the noun which goes before it, and for which the pronoun stands 3. —  Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois
• The text of his order (altered from the original by only a pronoun, which is not much) ran: "The earth and the fulness thereof are mine, saith Monseigneur Yet, Monseigneur had slowly found that vulgar embarrassments crept into his affairs, both private and public; and he had, as to both classes of affairs, allied himself perforce with a Farmer-General. —  A Tale of Two Cities
• Second, that the serpent engaged in seducing Eve, and here placed under the curse, does not refer to Satan In replying to the objection that the Messiah is not referred to in the passage, let it be said that the pronoun is a pronoun referring to a person. —  The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism
• The substantive for which the pronoun is an equivalent is called the antecedent_, and with this antecedent the pronoun must agree in person, number_, and gender_, but not necessarily in case 31. —  Composition-Rhetoric

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