Choose the correct pronoun: ‘This laptop is ___.’
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'Mine' is an independent possessive pronoun that can stand without a noun.
'My' would need to modify a following noun.
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'Mine' is an independent possessive pronoun that can stand without a noun.
'My' would need to modify a following noun.
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'One' substitutes for the previously mentioned countable noun 'pen.'
It avoids unnecessary repetition.
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The plural subject 'students' requires the plural reflexive pronoun 'themselves.'
It shows that the students prepared their own persons.
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'Theirs' is an independent possessive pronoun.
It contrasts directly with the independent possessive 'yours.'
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A pronoun after the preposition 'between' must be in the objective case.
Therefore, 'me' is correct.
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'Herself' refers back to the subject 'She' and receives the action.
A reflexive pronoun must have an appropriate antecedent in the clause.
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'Herself' emphasizes 'the principal' but is not required for the sentence's grammar.
This emphatic use is called intensive.
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'Whose' shows possession between the woman and the car.
It introduces a relative clause modifying 'woman.'
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The pronoun is the object of the preposition 'to.'
Formal standard English therefore uses 'whom.'
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'That' can refer to a thing and functions as the subject of the relative clause.
The clause identifies which book is meant.
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'Water' is uncountable, so the comparative quantifier is 'less.'
'Fewer' is used with plural countable nouns.
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'Mistakes' is a plural countable noun.
The comparative quantifier 'fewer' is therefore correct.