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Maya carries a book. Maya sits down, and Maya opens the book. Awkward, right? You say, "Maya sits down, and she opens it." A pronoun replaces or points back to a name or thing. But here's the surprise: pronouns don't all do the same job. In class, personal pronouns tell who or what: "He has it." Possessive pronouns show ownership: "That ruler is mine." Reflexive pronouns point back to the person acting: "I packed my bag myself." Point to a desk: "This is clean." This is demonstrative; it points something out. Ask, "Who has the book?" Who is interrogative; it asks. In "The student who reads is ready," who connects student to more information. That's a relative pronoun. "Everyone is ready" uses an indefinite pronoun; it doesn't name one particular person. In class, pronouns stand in for names and things; notice the job each one does.