Hi

thanks so much for your help but I am confused-
I thought in the above it was there and these

however in this sentence:
Mike looked for the dogs, but there were none. -- I thought the pronoun was there but someone else answered and said it was none.

That someone -- Ms.Sue -- is correct. "There" is not a pronoun; it's an adverb. "None" is the pronoun in that sentence.

=)

I can understand why you might find it confusing, as identifying pronouns in sentences can sometimes be tricky. However, I'm here to help clarify things for you!

In the sentence you provided, "Mike looked for the dogs, but there were none," you're right that "there" is not a pronoun. It is actually functioning as an adverb in this sentence. Specifically, it is an adverb of place that indicates the existence or presence of something.

The pronoun in this sentence is "none." It is used as a substitute for the noun "dogs" and represents the absence of any dogs. "None" is a pronoun that means "not any" or "not one" and is used to indicate the total absence or lack of something.

To identify pronouns in sentences, you can simply look for words that are used to replace or represent nouns. In this case, "none" is used in place of the noun "dogs," making it a pronoun. By understanding the function of different parts of speech, such as adverbs and pronouns, you can better analyze and interpret sentences.