Take a sentence like, "Mary Brown was invited to a party at Mr. Jones's house to celebrate the birthday of Mr. Jones's daughter, Jane. Jane had just left school." Obviously the constant repitition of names can be very confusing and so we subtitute a pronoun which stands in place of the name.
In the case of thn above sentence, pronouns would be used like this: "I was invited to a party at Mr. Jones's house to celebrate the birthday of his daughter Jane, who had just left school."
Pronouns can be subdivided into many smaller groups, each with its own particular function.
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