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is the word us a pronoun??
is the word our a pronoun??

2007-01-10 08:52:22 · 6 answers · asked by Blake N 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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they are both pronouns. look at this site:
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0885483.html

2007-01-10 08:55:39 · answer #1 · answered by diamond 3 · 0 1

It is the part of speech that substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and designates persons or things asked for, previously specified, or understood from the context.

personal pronoun; a pronoun (as I, you, or they) that expresses a distinction of person.

possessive pronoun: a pronoun that derives from a personal pronoun and denotes possession and analogous relationships

reciprocal pronoun: a pronoun (as each other) used when its referents are predicated to bear the same relationship to one another

reflexive pronoun: a pronoun referring to the subject of the sentence, clause, or verbal phrase in which it stands; specifically : a personal pronoun compounded with -self

us is a pronoun - objective case of WE

our is an adjective: of or relating to us or ourselves or ourself especially as possessors or possessor, agents or agent, or objects or object of an action

2007-01-10 17:08:48 · answer #2 · answered by DAVID C 6 · 0 0

Us is a pronoun but our can be a pronoun, adjective or noun. It is primarily used as an adjective in the english language:

us (pron.) Used as the direct object of a verb: She saw us on the subway.

adjective
Used as a modifier before a noun: our accomplishments; our hometown.

pronoun, nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me; plural nominative we, possessive our or ours, objective us; noun, plural I's.
–pronoun 1. the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.
–noun 2. (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
3. Metaphysics. the ego


The American Heritage dictionary

2007-01-10 16:57:58 · answer #3 · answered by Melli 6 · 0 0

Yes, they both are pronouns. Pronouns take the place of regular nouns. we, they, us, our, ours, you, yours, etc. are examples

2007-01-10 17:00:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

i would say yes...that both are pronouns....

2007-01-10 16:58:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2007-01-10 16:56:08 · answer #6 · answered by Jazzy 1 · 0 1

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