How do I use one?

We commonly use pronouns in speech and writing to avoid sounding unnatural and repetitive by reusing the same noun in a sentence multiple times.

Pronouns can be the subject of a sentence or clause, the object of a verb, or they can follow linking verbs to rename or re-identify the subject (known as a subject complement).

For example, when we want to talk about our sister's Renny new skirt with a friend, we say, “Her new skirt is beautiful.”

Explanation: In this sentence, the pronoun her replaces the noun Renny.

The noun being replaced is known as the antecedent of the pronoun, so Renny is the antecedent of her.