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Correlative Pronoun
A correlative pronoun is often used when the writer or speaker wants someone to pay attention to how much there is of something or what something is like.
A correlative pronoun is often translated as much as, as great as, as many as, as such as, or as.
What is the form of a correlative pronoun?
- Case- Case is the form of a word that helps someone to know the function of the word in a sentence. Case helps the reader to know what the word is doing in a sentence.
- Number- Number is the form of a word that helps someone to know whether there is one or more than one person or thing. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.
- Gender- The gender of a word helps the reader to know how that word is connected to each person or thing referred to in the sentence. With a pronoun, it must be the same as the noun it replaces.