adjective pronoun
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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
Let the teacher further illustrate the office of the adjective pronoun by using the words each, all, many, some, such, etc.
From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed
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
When that is neither a relative nor an adjective pronoun, it is a conjunction; as, "Take care that every day be well employed."
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
Them is the objective case of the personal pronoun and cannot be used adjectively like the demonstrative adjective pronoun.
From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin
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