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7 months agoBeginner-Level 5
When you are not sure of a person's gender, then the most appropriate pronoun to be used is 'they/them'. Although 'they/them' is generally used as a plural pronoun, in case of gender ambiguity, 'they/them' is widely accepted, and can be considered gramaatically correct.
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7 months agoBeginner-Level 5
Some of the gender neutral pronouns include the following:
- It
- They
- Them
- Ze/zir
- Xe/xem
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7 months agoBeginner-Level 5
Using Pronouns in correct manner has the following benefits:
- Avoids repetition: Using pronouns appropriately can avoid repeating the nouns.
- Improves flow of sentence: Using pronouns help maintain the flow of the sentence and improves clarity.
- Supports sentence structure: Pronouns play important role in subject-verb agreement and sentence construction.
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7 months agoBeginner-Level 5
Pronouns are generally used after the first sentence, or after the first instance of Noun. Once the Noun is stated or the subject is introduced, Pronouns can be used as a substitute of the Noun. For example, Riya studies in Class 6. Her favourite subject is History. Here, the Pronoun 'Her' is used in the second sentence as a substitute to the Proper Noun, which is Riya.
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7 months agoBeginner-Level 5
The primary types of Pronouns which are used in day to day lives are as follows:
- Personal Pronouns: This type of pronouns are used to indicate specific people or things. Examples: I, you, me, he, she, we, they, etc.
- Possessive Pronouns: These pronouns signify ownership or posession. Examples: Mine, your, our, their, his, her, etc.
- Reflexive Pronouns: This refers to the subject of the sentence such as myself, yourself, himself, herself, etc.
- Demonstrative Pronouns: These pronouns are used to point out specific things or objects like this, that, those, these, etc.
- Interrogative Pronouns: Used for asking questions such as w
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7 months agoBeginner-Level 5
Pronouns belong to the Parts of Speech section of English Grammar. Pronoun is one of the eight traditional types of Parts of Speech. The other seven types pf Parts of Speech include Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjuntion and Interjection.
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7 months agoContributor-Level 10
The greatest decline happened for Course 4 which is =.18-6/18*100 = 66%
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7 months agoContributor-Level 10
In the two years, 2018 & 2019, the required percentage is more than 25 % but it happened in 2011 for the first time.
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7 months agoContributor-Level 10
Profitable can be either A or D. Then aggressive and honest has to be B and C. Hence, truthful is A or D. And for both A and D the lowest revenue is from S1
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7 months agoContributor-Level 10
B is honest according to Statement (I) Atmost only one statement can be true as both give Aggressive and Honest as firm B.Firm B cannot have two names.
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