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adjective pronoun

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noun

Grammar.
  1. a pronoun used as an adjective, as his in

    His dinner is ready.


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Other is an adjective pronoun, it is used specifically to describe its noun—indefinite, it expresses its subject in an indefinite manner, and belongs to men: Rule 19.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham

You can not fail to observe the true character of this word called by our grammarians "adjective pronoun," "relative pronoun," and "conjunction."

From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by William Stevens Balch

When it is a relative or an adjective pronoun, it may be known by the signs given; and whenever these signs will not apply to it, you know it is a conjunction.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham

This is a solecism which may be avoided by employing an adjective pronoun in its stead.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham

Others is a compound pronoun, including both an adjective pronoun and a noun, and is equivalent to other men.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham

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