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  2. One (pronoun) - Wikipedia

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    In [1], the pronoun one "stands in" for "a / the person". In [2], the relative pronoun who stands in for "the people". Examples [3 & 4] show pronouns but not pro-forms. In [3], the interrogative pronoun who does not stand in for anything. Similarly, in [4], it is a dummy pronoun, one that does not stand in for anything. No other word can ...

  3. Indefinite pronoun - Wikipedia

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    The most commonly encountered possessive forms of the above pronouns are: one's, as in "One should mind one's own business." those derived from the singular indefinite pronouns ending in -one or -body: nobody's, someone's, etc. (Those ending -thing can also form possessives, such as nothing's, but these are less common.)

  4. English pronouns - Wikipedia

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    The English pronouns form a relatively small category of words in Modern English whose primary semantic function is that of a pro-form for a noun phrase. [1] Traditional grammars consider them to be a distinct part of speech, while most modern grammars see them as a subcategory of noun, contrasting with common and proper nouns.

  5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    For example, one can say the song that [or which] I listened to yesterday, but the song to which [not to that] I listened yesterday. The relative pronoun that is usually pronounced with a reduced vowel ( schwa ), and hence differently from the demonstrative that (see Weak and strong forms in English ).

  6. Pronoun - Wikipedia

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    Indefinite pronouns, the largest group of pronouns, refer to one or more unspecified persons or things. One group in English includes compounds of some-, any-, every-and no-with -thing, -one and -body, for example: Anyone can do that. Another group, including many, more, both, and most, can appear alone or followed by of. [2]: 54–55 In addition,

  7. Grammatical number - Wikipedia

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    Suppletion (the use of the one word as the inflected form of another word): Serbo-Croatian: čov(j)ek "man" (singular) – ljudi "men, folks" (plural) [321] English: person (singular) - people (plural) (used colloquially. In formal and careful speech persons is still used as the plural of person while people also has its own plural in peoples.)

  8. Adele announces indefinite break from music: ‘You won’t see ...

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    The singer announced she will remember the shows for “eternity”, before leading fans in a tearful sing-a-long of her 2011 breakout song “Someone Like You”.

  9. Grammatical person - Wikipedia

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    In this manner, Hindi and Bangla may also categorize pronouns in the fourth, and with the latter a fifth person. [ clarification needed ] [ 6 ] The term fourth person is also sometimes used for the category of indefinite or generic referents, which work like one in English phrases such as "one should be prepared" or people in people say that ...