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Yolanda

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The pronouns who and that are called relative pronouns because they relate to other words, called _____.
 
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Nouns that can be either masculine or feminine are known as _____ nouns.
 
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Answer to Question 1

antecedents
The pronouns who and that are called relative pronouns because they relate to other
words, called antecedents. The antecedent of the relative pronoun is a noun or a pronoun that
is usually immediately before the relative pronoun.

Answer to Question 2

common-gender
Common-gender nouns are those that can be either masculine or feminine, such as
employee, student, officer, owner, and so on. The traditional rule has been to use
masculine pronouns to represent common-gender nouns.




Yolanda

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Reply 2 on: Jun 23, 2018
Gracias!


blakcmamba

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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