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1. Your 2. Their 3. His 4. My 5. Her 6. Our 7. ItsAnswers to Exercise 13:1. mine 2. hers 3. yours 4. his 5. ours 6. theirs 7. hers 8. ours 9. theirs 10. yours 11.mine 12. hisAnswers to Exercise 14:1. my 2. yours 3. his 4. my 5. theirs 6. her 7. our 8. mine 9. its 10. hers 11. your 12. its13. their 14. his 15. ours 16. their 17. yoursAnswers to Exercise 1 5 :1. himself 2. yourself or yourselves 3. myself 4. herself 5. ourselves 6. itself 7.themselves 8. yourself or yourselves 9. themselves 10. ourselves 11. himself 12. herself13. myself 14. itselfCHAPTER 19. OTHER PRONOUNS1. Indefinite pronounsIndefinite pronouns may be used without antecedents. The indefinite pronouns in thefollowing sentences are underlined.e.g. One cannot believe everything one hears.I will try to think of something.Nobody will believe it!Is there anyone here by the name of Smith?The following are examples of indefinite pronouns:oneanyoneeveryone[no one]someoneanybodyeverybodynobodysomebodyanythingeverythingnothingsomethingAll of the pronouns listed above take verbs in the third person singular. The phrase noone is used like the other indefinite pronouns, but is spelled as two separate words.The pronoun one can refer to persons or things.e.g. One of the boys will help you.Please hand me one of the boxes.However, when used in a general sense, the pronoun one is usually understood asreferring to persons.e.g. One should always look both ways before crossing the street.In addition, the other indefinite pronouns ending in one, and the indefinite pronounsending in body, generally refer to persons. The indefinite pronouns ending in thinggenerally refer to thi ngs.Unlike most of the personal pronouns, the indefinite pronouns have the same form in

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