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Pronoun

The part of speech which includes words like it, you, they, he, somebody, anything and who. A pronoun is usually a single word, and it forms a complete noun phrase all by itself. Pronouns are divided into several subclasses:

personal pronouns (like me and she)
interrogative pronouns (like who and what)
relative pronouns (like who and which)
indefinite pronouns (like somebody and anything)
demonstrative pronouns (like this and those)
reflexive pronouns (like myself and themselves)
reciprocal pronouns (like each other and one another)
possessive pronouns (like mine and hers)