Pronoun vs Adverb - What's the difference?
pronoun | adverb |
(grammar) A type of noun that refers anaphorically to another noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. English examples include I, you, him, who, me, my, each other .
(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
* (modifying a verb'') ''I often went outside hiking during my stay in Japan.
* (modifying an adjective'') ''It was often cold outside.
* (modifying another adverb'') ''Not often .
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In grammar terms the difference between pronoun and adverb
is that pronoun is a type of noun that refers anaphorically to another noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. English examples include I, you, him, who, me, my, each other while adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.pronoun
English
(wikipedia pronoun)Noun
(en noun)Hypernyms
* pro-formDerived terms
* demonstrative pronoun * indefinite pronoun * intensive pronoun * interrogative pronoun * object pronoun * personal pronoun * possessive pronoun * reciprocal pronoun * reflexive pronoun * relative pronounadverb
English
Noun
(en noun)- ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely ’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb .
