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Narrator: Today's word is "Pronoun" — noun, pronounced /ˈprəʊnaʊn/, with the stress on "pro".
Narrator: A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, such as he, she, it, we or they.
Narrator: In plain English, pronouns save repeating names.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin pronomen, from pro, for, and nomen, name.
Narrator: A common collocation is "personal pronoun", which describes words like I and you.
Narrator: It differs from "noun", because a noun names something, while a pronoun stands in for it.
Narrator: In modern usage, people may share their pronouns, such as she or they.
Narrator: Grammar, teaching, editing and inclusion work all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a pronoun stands for a noun.
Speaker A: Why do email signatures show pronouns?
Speaker B: So people know how to refer to you! PRONOUN comes from the Latin for instead of a name.
Speaker A: Like she or they?
Speaker B: Exactly.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "In 'she runs', she is a pronoun", grammar. "Use the correct relative pronoun", teaching. "My pronouns are he and him", identity.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Singular they is correct for an unknown person, but make sure it's clear who it refers to.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Noun is its cousin, determiner is its twin, and substitute is the loose alternative, but pronoun keeps its stand-in charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "pronoun" in AI prompts — useful for grammar checkers and inclusive forms.
Speaker A: How would grammar checkers use it?
Speaker B: Fix agreement.
Prompt: Find pronouns in this essay that don't clearly match their noun and suggest fixes.
Speaker A: And inclusive forms?
Speaker B: Respect users.
Prompt: Add an optional pronoun field to this sign-up form with a free-text option.
Speaker A: Could it help teaching?
Speaker B: Yes, practice.
Prompt: Create ten exercises replacing repeated nouns with the right pronoun.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Writing.
Prompt: Rewrite this job advert using gender-neutral pronouns throughout.
Pronoun — meaning in Arabic & definition More P courses GL Dictionary