How to Use pronoun in a Sentence

pronoun

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  • There’s always the fight for the correct pronouns and names to be used.
    — Alex Berg /, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2018
  • No one hides or switches up the pronouns in love songs any more.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 22 June 2018
  • Don’t get triggered, and leave your pronouns at the door.
    — Skyler Higley, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The use of they/them as a singular pronoun has been around for a while.
    — Aaron Kwittken, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Living in the world today where you can get fired for using the wrong pronoun?
    — David Marchese David Marchese, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The job of a relative pronoun is to head up a clause that modifies a noun.
    — June Casagrande, Burbank Leader, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The second is is the verb for the pronoun who, whose antecedent in this sentence is people.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2021
  • How an actor gives an intonation on a pronoun can change the whole tone of the scene.
    — Brian Porreca, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2017
  • And then what happens to the neutral pronoun when adjectives need to be used?
    — Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Koko the gorilla earned her pronouns a long, long time ago.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 21 June 2018
  • The struggle for neutral pronouns reared at other times as well.
    — Leanne Italie, Fox News, 1 June 2018
  • What are the preferred gender pronouns for Rebel droids?
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
  • Nasdaq will help boards find directors with the right skin tone or pronoun.
    — Kenin M. Spivak, National Review, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Kai, who uses he/they pronouns, said the singing and chanting was his favorite part of the event.
    — Ellie Wolfe, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • This allows folks to be addressed by their preferred or chosen names and pronouns.
    — Amber Leventry, Parents, 28 Sep. 2023
  • One of the students also wanted to be addressed by their preferred pronoun.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The old cultures of this world did not have masculine and feminine pronouns.
    — Donna Larcen, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • In some languages, gender pronouns are less of an issue.
    — Thomas Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2019
  • Journalists aren’t the only people who have to mind their pronouns.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 27 Mar. 2017
  • In each sentence pair, the one-word difference can change which thing or person a pronoun refers to.
    — Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Think about your assumptions, think about your pronouns.
    — Tessa Miller, The Cut, 2 May 2018
  • The bill also allows teachers to refuse to use a student’s preferred pronouns.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Noelia self-identifies as a gay man and uses male pronouns with most people.
    — Julie Moreau /, NBC News, 6 June 2018
  • But some may prefer to try out pronouns at school, among their peers, for a sense of autonomy.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Joshua, relieved by the acceptance implied by the question, told him any pronoun will do.
    — Carolyn Kaster, Fortune, 3 July 2023
  • To write about Pauli Murray means choosing a pronoun that may not be correct.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Teachers would also not be allowed to ask students for their preferred pronouns or name.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 4 May 2023
  • So in kindergarten, Smith’s child became a boy, with short hair, male pronouns and a new name.
    — Washington Post, 23 May 2017
  • Shupe — who prefers the pronouns they, them and their — spent their childhood, adolescence and most of adulthood as a male.
    — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 21 June 2017
  • Using the correct pronouns and names is an effort on everyone's part.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2018

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