Principle. See
principal.Proceed. See
precede.Pronoun. Words
that stand for more speci c nouns are called pronouns The common pronouns come in many types
personal pronouns, demonstrative, intensi ers,interrogative, reciprocal pronouns, re exive pronouns, and
relative pronouns. There are entries for each of the important pronouns and for each of these types. Please consult those speci c entries as well as the brief description of their functioning given below along with a list of the most common pronouns in each group.
PERSONAL
. Personal pronouns are used in place of speci c things or people. Ii you, he,
she, it, we, and they are all the personal pronouns.
DEMONSTRATIVE
. These pronouns that indicate speci c things or people and suggest their relationship
to the speaker this, these and
that, those are the singulars and
plurals of the
demonstratives that suggest, respectively, closeness or immediacy versus remoteness.
INTENSIVE
. Pronouns that add
“self” (selves in plural) can be used to emphasize the nouns they precede (I myself saw that. These forms are also re exive pronouns.
See
emphasis.INTERROGATIVE
. These pronouns
indicate questioning what, which, and
who.RECIPROCAL
. These pronouns, each other and one another are used with plural
antecedents to indicate separate actions or conditions of the antecedent I saw the monkeys groom each other.”
REFLEXIVE
. Re exives are formed like the intensive
pronouns by adding self or“selves” (plural. These words standalone (unlike the intensive) and indicate actions or conditions that go back to the sentence or clause
subject: The monkey groomed itself and its mate.”
RELATIVE
. These pronouns
(“that” what whatever which whichever “who,”
and whoever)
link dependent clauses to the main parts of
sentences and indicate the relationship between such clauses and the sentence’s main thrust I saw the monkey that was grooming its partner, who
was sitting nearby See also restrictiveclauses and
nonrestrictive clauses.Proper noun. In
grammar terms,
names are proper nouns Bill told Marie that the
Titanic had sunk with his copy of Tolstoy’s novel All the capitalized words in the example are proper nouns, or names of things or people (see
capitalization). Proper nouns are almost always capitalized.
Prove, proved, proved. An
irregular verb in its main,
past tense, and past
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