A pronoun is a term used in the grammatical classification of words, referring to the closed sets of items which can be used to substitute for a noun phrase (or single noun). There are many types of pronoun, with terminology varying somewhat between grammars. Personal pronouns include I, you, etc. in their variant forms (e.g. I/me); in their form my/mine the term possessive pronoun is often used. Other classes of pronoun regularly recognised include demonstrative pronouns, e.g. this/ that (in

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... rtain of their uses); interrogative pronouns, e.g., certain uses of who/which/what; reflexive pronouns, e.g. myself/yourself; indefinite pronouns, e.g. anyone/nobody; and relative pronouns, e.g. who/whom/that.