pronoun :

Search Words
You can search or browse for words

pronoun

proh nown

  • n  a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase

  • NOTE: Some pronouns and common words were omitted.
  • Misunderstandings can create both obstacles and insulation The first-person pronoun I is a basic starting point: ego, je, ich, io, ya.
  • But his use of pronouns is a warning of what is soon to follow.
Quotes

  • Carl Sagan in Expressindia.com
    ...the questioner, Sagan asks at one point in his lectures why the God of the Scriptures seems to betray no apparent knowledge of the wider universe that "He or She or It or whatever the appropriate pronoun is" allegedly created.
  • Jeffrey Carlson in Washington Blade
    They just offered their time to answer any questions, as well as how to speak about it with the media - how the transgender community should be properly represented, even coming down to pronoun use and proper terminology,Carlson says.
  • Rachel Sklar in Slate
    Rachel Sklar, in a lengthy takedown at the Huffington Post's Eat the Press, concludes: "Not everyone navel-gazes so completely, or uses the pronoun 'I'so reflexively - there are many people doing great work online writing on topics other than...

Bee Dictionary: Search, browse, look at common errors, idioms and more.