Q: Is a pronoun dependent on an antecedent? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a pronoun described there as "a part of speech substitutable for a noun and marked for a person"? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are pronouns sometimes used without antecedents – this applies to special uses such as dummy pronouns and generic they? ¶
A: Yes, as well as cases where the referent is implied by the context.
Q: Are pronouns used when a person or thing acts on itself? ¶
A: Yes, for example, John cut himself.
Q: Are pronouns used in an indefinite sense: You can't buy good old-fashioned bulbs these days? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a pronoun pronominal? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a pronoun often the same as that of a preceding noun phrase? ¶
A: Yes, and called the antecedent of the pronoun.
Q: Are pronouns used to refer to members of a group separately rather than collectively? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are pronouns used to indicate possession? ¶
A: Yes, Some occur as independent noun phrases: mine, yours, hers, ours, yours, theirs.
Q: Is a pronoun dependent on another referential element? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are pronouns nearly identical? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are pronouns often identical or similar in form to determiners with related meaning? ¶
A: Yes, some English examples are given in the table on the right.
Q: Are pronouns less likely to be considered to be a single word class? ¶
A: Yes, because of the many different syntactic roles that they play, as represented by the various different types of pronouns listed in the previous sections.
Q: Are pronouns used without antecedents in free relative clauses? ¶
A: Yes.