Question

the word for which a pronoun stands, or to which it refers, is called its antecedent. the antecedent of a pronoun must be clearly understood, and the pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender, person, and number.
respond to the following.
(5) define a pronoun.
(6) define a personal pronoun.
(7) what is unique about personal pronouns?
(8) what is the function of the nominative case?
(9) what is the function of the objective case?
(10) which possessive pronouns have a noun function?
which have an adjective function?
(11) what are the two kinds of compound pronouns?
which refers back to the subject? which is used for
emphasis?
(12) what is an antecedent?
(13) what two things must be true of an antecedent?
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Explanation:

To answer these questions, we use knowledge from Linguistics (a subfield of Arts) about pronouns and their related concepts.

(5) Define a pronoun.

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun (or noun phrase) to avoid repetition. For example, in "John went to school, and he studied", "he" is a pronoun replacing "John".

(6) Define a personal pronoun.

A personal pronoun is a pronoun that refers to a specific person, thing, or group, and shows person (1st, 2nd, 3rd), number (singular/plural), and sometimes gender. Examples include I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

(7) What is unique about personal pronouns?

Personal pronouns uniquely show person (first - I, we; second - you; third - he, she, it, they), number (singular or plural), and often gender (he, she for people; it for non - people/things). They also have different cases (nominative, objective, possessive) for different grammatical functions.

(8) What is the function of the nominative case?

The nominative case (used by pronouns like I, he, she, we, they) is used when the pronoun functions as the subject of a sentence or clause. For example, "I went to the store" - "I" is the subject in the nominative case.

(9) What is the function of the objective case?

The objective case (used by pronouns like me, him, her, us, them) is used when the pronoun functions as the object of a verb or a preposition. For example, "She gave the book to me" - "me" is the object of the preposition "to".

(10) Which possessive pronouns have a noun function? Which have an adjective function?

• Possessive pronouns with a noun function: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs. For example, "The book is mine" - "mine" acts as a noun (equivalent to "my book").
• Possessive pronouns with an adjective function: my, your, his, her, its, our, their. For example, "This is my book" - "my" modifies "book" like an adjective.

(11) What are the two kinds of compound pronouns? Which refers back to the subject? Which is used for emphasis?

• The two kinds of compound pronouns are reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) and intensive pronouns (the same forms as reflexive pronouns).
• Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject. For example, "She hurt herself" - "herself" refers back to "she".
• Intensive pronouns are used for emphasis. For example, "I myself did the work" - "myself" emphasizes that "I" was the one who did the work.

(12) What is an antecedent?

An antecedent is the word (usually a noun or noun phrase) for which a pronoun stands or to which it refers. In "The dog barked, and it ran away", "dog" is the antecedent of "it".

(13) What two things must be true of an antecedent?

First, the antecedent must be clearly understood (so the reader/listener knows what the pronoun is referring to). Second, the pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender, person, and number. For example, if the antecedent is "Mary" (female, singular, 3rd person), the pronoun should be "she" (not "he" or "they" in a singular context).

Answer:

(5) A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun (or noun phrase) to avoid repetition.

(6) A personal pronoun refers to a specific person/thing/group, showing person, number, and often gender (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they).

(7) Personal pronouns show person, number, gender, and have case distinctions (nominative, objective, possessive) for different functions.

(8) The nominative case is used when the pronoun is the subject of a sentence/clause (e.g., "I went...").

(9) The objective case is used when the pronoun is the object of a verb or preposition (e.g., "to me").

(10) Noun - function: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs; Adjective - function: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

(11) Two kinds: reflexive (e.g., myself) and intensive (e.g., myself); Reflexive refers back to the subject; Intensive is for emphasis.

(12) An antecedent is the word (noun/noun phrase) a pronoun refers to (e.g., "dog" for "it" in "The dog...it...").

(13) 1. Clearly understood. 2. Pronoun agrees with it in gender, person, number.