adjective pronoun
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This is a solecism which may be avoided by employing an adjective pronoun in its stead.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
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 Kirkham, Samuel
The indefinite adjective pronoun one when put in place of a personal substantive is liable to raise confusion.
From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Devlin, Joseph
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 Kirkham, Samuel
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 Kirkham, Samuel
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