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In [[linguistics]] and [[grammar]], a '''pronoun''' ([[list of glossing abbreviations|abbreviated]] '''{{sc|pro}}''') is a word or a group of words that one may substitute for a [[noun]] or [[noun phrase]].
 
Pronouns have traditionally been regarded as one of the [[part of speech|parts of speech]], but some modern theorists would not consider them to form a single class, in view of the variety of functions they perform cross-linguistically. An example of a pronoun is "you", which can be either singular or plural. SubtypesSub-types include [[personal pronoun|personal]] and [[possessive pronoun]]s, [[reflexive pronoun|reflexive]] and [[reciprocal pronoun|reciprocal]] pronouns, [[demonstrative pronoun]]s, [[relative pronoun|relative]] and [[interrogative pronoun]]s, and [[indefinite pronoun]]s.<ref name="Bhat">{{cite book|title=Pronouns|url=https://archive.org/details/pronounsoxfordst00bhat|url-access=limited|last=Bhat|first=Darbhe Narayana Shankara|date=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0199230242|edition=Paperback|location=Oxford|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pronounsoxfordst00bhat/page/n13 1]}}</ref>{{rp|1–34}}<ref name=Borjars>{{cite book |last1=Börjars |first1=Kersti |title=Introducing English grammar |date=2010 |publisher=Hodder Education |location=London |isbn=978-1444109870 |edition=2nd |last2=Burridge |first2=Kate |pages=50&ndash;57}}</ref>
 
The use of pronouns often involves [[anaphora (linguistics)|anaphora]], where the meaning of the pronoun is dependent on an [[antecedent (grammar)|antecedent]]. For example, in the sentence ''That poor man looks as if he needs a new coat'', the meaning of the pronoun ''he'' is dependent on its antecedent, ''that poor man''.